National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Care Quality

Washington DL, Yuan A, Toyama JA, Jackson LB, Kasom DR, Canning MT, Steers WN. National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Care Quality. Washington, DC: Office of Health Equity Veterans Health Administration; 2022 Sep 1. 232 p.

This National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021 provides information regarding disparities in patient experiences and health care quality for Veterans who obtain health care services through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Data on disparities are presented by the sociodemographic characteristics of race/ethnicity, gender, age group, rurality of residence, socio-economic status, and service-connected disability rating, and by cardiovascular risk factors of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. Data in this report are from the fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2019 Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients (SHEP) Patient Centered Medical Home survey instrument, and the fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2019 VA External Peer Review Program quality monitoring program.