Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Care Project

Brief Project Description

The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health (JIWH) collaborated with the National Committee for Quality Assurance and RAND on this study jointly funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the American Heart Association. The study identified gender, racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease for Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures for beta blockers, diabetes management, and cholesterol management. The results of the study were published in the May/June 2007 issue of Women's Health Issues, the peer-reviewed journal of the JIWH. On May 21, 2007 a Congressional Briefing was held as part of the dissemination of the study findings. Click here to view the webcast of the briefing.

Faculty

• Sara Rosenbaum, JD
  Chair, Department of Health Policy
  Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy
  Interim Executive Director, JIWH
• Anne Rossier Markus, JD, PhD, MHS
  Associate Research Professor
  Editor-in-Chief, Women's Health Issues
• D. Richard Mauery, MS, MPH
  Senior Research Scientist
  Lecturer in Health Policy, Managing Staff Director, JIWH Managing Editor, Women's Health Issues

Institutes & Centers

• Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Department

• Health Policy