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Current Urology Reports
Published in: Current Urology Reports 11/2017

01-11-2017 | Men's Health (A Dabaja, Section Editor)

The State of Men’s Health Services in the Veterans Health Administration

Authors: Michael Fenstermaker, Sujay Paknikar, Amarnath Rambhatla, Dana A Ohl, Ted A Skolarus, James M Dupree

Published in: Current Urology Reports | Issue 11/2017

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

For many diseases that place a large burden on our health care system, men often have worse health outcomes than women. As the largest single provider of health care to men in the USA, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has the potential to serve as leader in the delivery of improved men’s health care to address these disparities.

Recent Findings

The VA system has made recent strides in improving benefits for aspects of men’s health that are traditionally poorly covered, such as treatment for male factor infertility. Despite this, review of Quality Enhancement Research Initiatives (QUERIs) within the VA system reveals few efforts to integrate disparate areas of care into a holistic men’s health program.

Summary

Policies to unify currently disparate aspects of men’s health care will ensure that the VA remains a progressive model for other health care systems in the USA.
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Metadata
Title
The State of Men’s Health Services in the Veterans Health Administration
Authors
Michael Fenstermaker
Sujay Paknikar
Amarnath Rambhatla
Dana A Ohl
Ted A Skolarus
James M Dupree
Publication date
01-11-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Urology Reports / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 1527-2737
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-017-0733-4

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