A national study of racial differences in pain screening rates in the VA health care system

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-123

  Burgess, Diana J ^a,b   Gravely, Amy A ^a   Nelson, David B ^a,b   Van Ryn, Michelle ^b   Bair, Matthew J ^c,d,e   Kerns, Robert D ^f   Higgins, Diana M ^f   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b  

^a Minneapolis VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

pain assessment; primary care; Racial disparities; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VETERANS HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84872068890     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31826a86ae     Document Type: Article

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