Open AccessThe Impact of Community Care Referral on Time to Surgery for Veterans With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Author(s) -
Jessica I. Billig,
Richard Evans,
Eve A. Kerr,
Rodney A. Hayward,
Erika D. Sears
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001469
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , referral , carpal tunnel syndrome , confidence interval , hazard ratio , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , cohort , family medicine , surgery
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) enacted policies offering Veterans care in the community, aiming to improve access challenges. However, the impact of receipt of community care on wait times for Veterans receiving surgical care is poorly understood.