Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 226-235, September 2006

Diffusion of innovation in women’s health care delivery: The Department of Veterans Affairs’ adoption of women’s health clinics

  • Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, Sepulveda and Los Angeles, California
    • UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH, VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, 16111 Plummer Street (152), Sepulveda, CA 91343; Phone: 818-895-9449; Fax: 818-895-5838.
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  • Caroline Goldzweig, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, Sepulveda and Los Angeles, California
    • UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Ismelda Canelo, MPA

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, Sepulveda and Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence, Sepulveda and Los Angeles, California
    • UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Received 28 October 2005; received in revised form 21 July 2006; accepted 24 July 2006.

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 Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (Project # XVA-65003) and the VA HSR&D Service (Project #04-036, E.M.Y., PI) and the VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence (Project #HFP 94-028). D.L.W. is funded by a VA HSR&D Advanced Research Career Development award (Project # RCD 00-017).The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1049-3867(06)00087-9

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2006.07.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 226-235, September 2006

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