Combating Disparities: Veterans’ Healthcare Access and Quality
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Where can veterans locate quality healthcare and healthcare access? Expert Dr. Drew Moghanaki from UCLA Health shares information from VA healthcare research studies and proactive advice for patients to access the best care.
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“…make sure that the quality of care isn’t inferior, check in with the VA and see how they might be able to help you, especially if you’ve got lung cancer, because lung cancer care is complicated.”
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Transcript:
Lisa Hatfield:
Dr. Moghanaki, are there disparities in the quality of care received by veterans compared with other patient populations? And can you speak to the strategies or programs that have been effective in addressing barriers to healthcare access for veterans?
Dr. Drew Moghanaki:
I love this question because it is one of the most informative things that I’ve learned since becoming a VA physician. Study after study has shown that the quality of care received by veterans is equal or superior to that received in the community. And that’s largely in the VA healthcare system. So again, if you’ve got access to VA healthcare, I think you might be eligible, please look into it. The reports have been fantastic, and that’s because it’s a comprehensive approach to care. But for veterans who are receiving care in the community, it’s a little bit harder, actually it’s a lot harder to track. Because they may not be registered with the VA. And what’s happening, I saw the VA is happening outside the VA.
And I think that largely speaking veterans are just going to get the same kind of level of care as their neighbors might who are civilian. And so where they’re going for their care really affects that. Now, veterans may have more resources, because they can tap into the VA to find out where they may go. VA has incredible tracking systems, a lot of data to help us make better decisions and for them to make better decisions. And so my activation tip here is to make sure that the quality of care isn’t inferior, check in with the VA and see how they might be able to help you, especially if you’ve got lung cancer, because lung cancer care is complicated.
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