Discrimination Exposure Based on Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation of Veterans Affairs Health Administration Patients

Autor: Danielle S. Berke, Mollie A. Ruben, Madalyn M. Liautaud, Mark Meterko, Michael R. Kauth, Jillian C. Shipherd
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 33(2)
ISSN: 1548-6869
Popis: This study contributes to research and policy aimed at reducing population-level health disparities by applying a Feminist Standpoint approach to the examination of rates and correlates of health care discrimination among patients at the Veterans Affairs Health Administration (VHA). Drawing on quality improvement survey data (N = 806) collected within the VHA in 2018, we document and describe rates of both direct and vicarious past-year exposure to health care discrimination disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender. The analysis of within- and between-group rates and correlates of health care discrimination exposure reveals important subgroup-specific patterns that prior studies using aggregate or non-stratified data have masked. The findings have important research, theory, and policy implications and support advocacy for an intersectional approach to documenting and addressing health care discrimination.
Databáze: OpenAIRE