Background: Previous studies have documented substantial differences by patient
race/ethnicity and insurance in the use of high-volume surgical providers. The extent to …

Abstract The Veterans Health Administration (VA) has recently established community-
based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) to improve access to primary care. In this study …

ContextExplicit information about the quality of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
has been available for nearly a decade in New York State; however, the extent to which …

Since 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has dramatically shifted the ways in which
Veterans can receive care. While a substantial majority of Veteran care is provided at one of …

BACKGROUND: Women veterans are generally less healthy than their nonveteran female
counterparts or male veterans. Accumulating evidence suggests there may be barriers to …

Background Under increasing pressure to provide more efficient, higher-quality care, the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding primary care and implementing other …

Objectives: Diverse veteran's perspectives on the accessibility and acceptability of the
Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) health services are presented. Methods: The qualitative …

Abstract Background/Objective The VA MISSION Act aimed to increase Veterans' access to
care by allowing eligible Veterans to use VA-paid care from non-VA providers (“VA …

This study calculated the potential change in costs from regionalizing open heart surgery
units in a geographic network of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It used data from …

Objectives. The objectives of this study were to:(1) examine veteran reliance on health
services provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VA),(2) describe the characteristics …