Context: Several classification systems exist for defining rural areas, which may lead to
different interpretations of rural health services data. Purpose: To compare rural …

Abstract Purpose: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) devised an algorithm to
classify veterans as Urban, Rural, or Highly Rural residents. To understand the policy …

Objective To quantify use of VA and non‐VA care among working‐age veterans with private
insurance by linking VA data to private health insurance plan (PHIP) data. Methods …

Purpose To understand how vouchers for non‐VHA care of VHA‐enrolled veterans might
affect rural enrollees, we determined how much enrollees use VHA and non‐VHA inpatient …

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

Context: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) provides comprehensive health care
services to veterans across the United States. Recently, the VA established an Office of …

Abstract Purpose The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service
(IHS) signed a Memo of Understanding in 2010 to strengthen their partnership in improving …

Context: Older veterans often use both the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and
Medicare to obtain health care services. Purpose: The authors sought to compare outpatient …

Background: The 2014 Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act was intended to
improve Veterans' access to timely health care by expanding their options to receive …

Of the 7.8 million enrolled veterans, approximately 3 million (38%) live in rural areas. As the
challenges of providing care to these veterans are better understood it becomes …