| |
Article
Comprehensive
Human-Edited Health Directory. |
 |
Measurement
in veterans affairs health services research:
veterans as a special population
|
The U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs Health Services Research and Development (VA HSR&D)
service has been a leader in focusing on system-wide measurement
excellence, in part because veterans represent a distinct
and special population. Veterans are a large and highly
selected group with an increasingly recognized cultural
identity. Further, eligible veterans are served by a large,
nationally integrated health care system.
Thus, the veteran population and the VA health system
embody a microcosm in which measurement quality must be
assessed and addressed. In this article, we briefly discuss
the consequences of poor measurement and the importance
of assessing measurement quality across the varied populations
in which health services research is conducted, using
the veteran population as a case example. We then introduce
a series of related articles, each of which focuses on
a measurement issue important in current health services
research.
|
|
|
|
