Importance Concerns have been raised about the adequacy of health care access among
patients cared for within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care …

The objective of the study was to examine veterans' perceptions of problems and benefits of
outsourcing inpatient care from Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals to private sector hospitals …

Objectives: To examine geographical variations in rates of coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in New York State …

As the largest integrated health care system in the country, the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) delivers care to> 8 million Veterans each year at over 1700 sites of …

Background: The Veterans Choice Act of 2014 increased the number of Veterans eligible for
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-purchased care delivered in non-VA community care …

PURPOSE: In this study we explore women veterans' use of Veterans Administration (VA)
and private sector inpatient services. METHODS: Using a comprehensive dataset of VA and …

Objective: Health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) were created by the Health
Resources and Services Administration to identify communities with a shortage of clinical …

ABSTRACT The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a Congressional mandate but few
empirical data on which to design and improve national health care services for women. We …

Abstract The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 addressed the need
for access to timely, high-quality health care for veterans. Section 201 of the legislation …

We examined differences in the use of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic coronary
procedures between white and black Medicare beneficiaries following acute myocardial …