Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
Research Finds Disparities in Community Care
CHERP Core Investigator, Eric T. Roberts, PhD
Dr. Eric Roberts and colleagues find persistent racial and ethnic disparities in community care
CHERP Core Investigator, Eric T. Roberts, PhD, collaborated with colleagues from CHERP, VA Greater Los Angeles, VA Salt Lake City, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine to examine racial and ethnic disparities in VA-funded community care programs. The study utilized data from the VA Survey of Healthcare Experiences of Patients-Community Care from over 230,000 Veterans who used VA-funded community care from 2016-2021 regarding their overall ratings of community providers, satisfaction with provider communication, care coordination, navigating community care eligibility, scheduling appointments, and billing. The findings, recently published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, highlight persistent racial and ethnic disparities in community care.
You can read more about this research here: “New Study Documents Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Veterans’ Experiences with VA-Funded Community Care.”
