Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 167-173, May 2008

Availability of Gynecologic Services in the Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Michelle D. Seelig, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, HSR&D Center of Excellence, Seattle, Washington
    • Michelle D. Seelig, MD, MSHS, is currently Director of Health Information at the Puget Sound Health Alliance in Seattle, Washington and practices medicine at the VA Women's Health Clinic in Seattle. Previously, she was a VA Women's Health Fellow at the VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence. Her research work examines specialist-primary care physician collaboration as this interface relates to maximizing quality and efficiency of care.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Michelle D. Seelig, MD, MSHS, Director of Health Information, Puget Sound Health Alliance, 2003 Western Avenue, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98105; Phone: 206 448 2570; Fax: 206 448 2574.
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  • Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California
    • UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California
    • Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH, is the Deputy Director of the VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence and Associate Professor of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health. She is a health care epidemiologist whose work focuses on the influence of organization factors on quality of care.
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  • Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MD, MHS, is a Research Career Development awardee at the VA HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior in the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine. She is also a general internist and staff physician whose work examines quality of care and Patient satisfaction among women veterans.
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  • Andy B. Lanto, MA

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California
    • Andy B. Lanto, MA, is a statistical analyst with the VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence.
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  • Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH, is an Advanced Research Career Development awardee at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine. She is also a general internist and staff physician whose work examines access to care among vulnerable populations, with an emphasis on women veterans.

Received 31 May 2007; accepted 17 December 2007. published online 10 March 2008.

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 Supported by the Veterans Health Administration, Office of Academic Affairs, Women's Health Fellowship (Seelig), VA HSR&D Career Development Award (Bean-Mayberry), VA HSR&D Advanced Career Development Award (Washington), VA HSR&D-funded study of the “Impact of Practice Structure on the Quality of Care for Women Veterans” (Yano, Project # IIR 04-036) and the VA HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior (Project # HFP 94-028).

PII: S1049-3867(07)00190-9

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2007.12.006

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 167-173, May 2008

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