Introduction Equitable care is a major tenet of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mission.1 However, disparities persist in health and health care due to nonclinical differences such as race and sex.2-6 Understanding veteran experiences is an essential part of the VHA action plan ...
In the Veterans Health Administration, in-person weight management parti-cipation declined sharply because of COVID-19, whereas telehealth parti-cipation increased, accounting for 90% of participation during the pan-demic versus 20% to 30% before. Total participation remained substan-tially lower in...
The Veterans Health Administration (VA) is the largest integrated health system in the US and provides access to comprehensive primary care. Women
The Veterans Health Administration is dedicated to providing veterans and their qualifying dependents with health care. This includes but certainly isn’t limited to regular checkups and appointments made with a specialist (such as a cardiologist or mental health provider). Eligible applicants are those...
Introduction The lives lost to acute COVID-19 are well documented.1-8 Less clear is whether survivors of COVID-19 experience excess mortality after acute infection, and if so, how long it persists. The potential for excess mortality after acute infection may be hypothesized on the basis of ...
Impact of COVID-19 on veteran businesses Veterans have honorably served our country and often play a valuable role in our economy. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), veterans in the United States own over 1.9 million businesses and employ nearly 5.5 million Americans. For vets...
Age and respiratory illnesses are both risk factors for COVID-19 mortality. As ofMay 13, 2021, 258,078 people under Veterans Administration care have been diagnosed with COVID-19, of whom 11,941 have died. Reluctance to be vaccinatedcontinues to hamperfull vaccination efforts, particularly in ...
McKinsey partnered with the Veterans Administration to determine its role in the broader American healthcare system. David Hertz, a McKinsey consultant and WWII Veteran, led this work 1976 Under managing director and U.S. Navy veteran Ron Daniel, the firm adds individual practices that span geograp...
Examining the Dose–Response Relationship in the Veterans Health Administration’s MOVE!® Weight Management Program: A Nationwide Observational Study Article 07 March 2017 Effectiveness of anti-obesity medications approved for long-term use in a multidisciplinary weight management program: a multi-cen...
(US) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) linked to Medicare data of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Our primary objectives were to determine (1) incidence of newly-diagnosed AF in patients hospitalized with COVID-19; and (2) association between newly-diagnosed AF and in-hospital and 30-...