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Accounting for Apparent “Reverse” Racial Disparities in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)–Based Medical Care: Influence of Out-of-VA Care

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Conclusions regarding racial differences in care following a newly elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may differ depending on whether follow-up care outside the VA is considered. Consecutive Philadelphia, Pa, VA patients with newly elevated PSA tests (n = 183) were interviewed 1 year after baseline. Among exclusive VA users, Blacks had higher rates of urology referrals and prostate biopsies compared with Whites. However, these racial differences were attenuated when care obtained outside the VA also was considered.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.94.12.2076

Authors: Andrea D. Gurmankin, Daniel Polsky, Kevin G. Volpp

Institutions: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs