Creating a roadmap for delivering gender-sensitive comprehensive care for women Veterans: results of a national expert panel.

"The authors declare no conflict of interest."

"The authors would like to acknowledge the technical and logistical support of their project team members, including Danielle Rose, PhD and Britney Chow, MPH, as well as the funding support of Dr Patricia Hayes, Chief Consultant of VA Women’s Health Services. The authors also would like to acknowledge the contributions of the members of the national expert panel, without whose time, input, and participation in consensus development this work would not have been possible. Panelists included Sonya Batten, PhD, Deputy Chief Consultant, Specialty Mental Health, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Washington, DC; Sudha Bhoopalam, MD, Medical Director, Women Veterans Health Program, Hines VA Medical Center, Hines, IL; Megan Gerber, MD, Medical Director, Women’s Health, VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plains, MA; Howard Gordon, MD, Staff Physician (General Internist), Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Sally Haskell, MD, Director of Comprehensive Women’s Health Care, Women’s Health Services, West Haven VA Medical Center, CT; Amanda Johnson, MD, Physician (Obstetrician-Gynecologist), Cheyenne VA Medical Center, Cheyenne, WY; Erin Krebs, MD, Core Investigator, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, and Women’s Health Medical Director, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; Melissa McNeil, MD, Staff Physician (General Internist) and Women’s Health Medical Director, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA; Margaret Mikelonis, RN, Deputy Field Director, Women’s Health Services, Tampa VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL; Sabine Oishi, PhD, MSPH, Health Science Specialist, VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA; and Sarah Scholle, DrPH, Vice President, Research and Analysis, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington, DC. Supported by Women’s Health Services, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC. M.d.K.’s effort was covered through a Gender Sensitive Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship at Radboud University Medical Center, Njimegen, The Netherlands and the Hilly de Roever-Bonnet fund of The Dutch Society of Female Doctors. E.M.Y.’s effort was funded by a VA Health Services Research & Development Senior Research Career Scientist Award (Project # RCS 05-195)."