TY - JOUR
T1 - Accounting for apparent "reverse" racial disparities in department of veterans affairs (VA) - based medical care
T2 - Influence of Out-of-VA care
AU - Gurmankin, Andrea D.
AU - Polsky, Daniel
AU - Volpp, Kevin G.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2076
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2076
M3 - Article
C2 - 15569955
AN - SCOPUS:9644277050
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 94
SP - 2076
EP - 2078
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 12
ER -