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Understanding Quality and Equity in Wheelchairs for Veterans

NCT01236170 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 497

Last updated 2019-06-27

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Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides wheelchairs to about 42,000 Veterans with SCI and more than 40,000 Veterans with amputated limbs (AL). Despite VA's efforts to remove financial and other barriers to the provision of wheelchairs to all Veterans who need them, preliminary evidence suggests that disparities exist in the quality of wheelchairs prescribed to racial minorities and low income Veterans with SCI or AL. The proposed project will provide important information to the VA about the quality and equity of wheelchairs provided to Veterans with SCI or AL, and it will identify the patient and provider factors associated with wheelchair provision. Because Veterans with SCI and AL are considered special disability populations, identifying and understanding these factors is a critical first step to developing interventions to increase the quality and equity of wheelchairs provided to all disabled Veterans.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Amputees

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD · Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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