Diabetes Care in the Veterans Health Administration
- Linda B. Haas, PhC, RN, CDE and
- Sharon A. Watts, ND, RN-C, CDE
Abstract
In Brief Veterans who use the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are more likely to be nonwhite, be unemployed, have lower income, have lower health status, and have more activity limitations than male veterans not using the VHA. Veterans using the VHA also show a higher concurrent comorbidity status. Despite this high-risk population, the VHA health care system provides an exemplary model of high quality diabetes care for the nation's veterans.
Footnotes
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Linda B. Haas, PhC, RN, CDE, is the endocrinology clinical nurse specialist at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Wash. Sharon A. Watts, ND, RN-C, CDE, is at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
- American Diabetes Association
