VHA Enrollees' Health Care Coverage and Use of Care

Medical Care Research and Review - Tập 60 Số 2 - Trang 253-267 - 2003
Yujing Shen1, Ann Hendricks2, Shuo Zhang3, Lewis E. Kazis4
1Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER) and Rutgers University
2Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER) and Boston University School of Public Health
3Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER)
4Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER), Boston University School of Public Health, and Office of Quality and Performance, Veterans Health Administration

Tóm tắt

The authors examined health care coverage for Veterans' Health Administration (VHA) enrollees and how their reliance on VHA care varies by coverage, using the largest and most detailed survey of veterans using VHA services ever conducted. The results showed that a majority of veterans who use VHA services have alternative health care coverage and that most of them use both VHA and non-VHA health care. The findings have important implications for quality of care and coordination of care.

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Medical Care Research and Review

Tập 60 Số 2

253-267

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