Open AccessCounty-level Predictors of Growth in Community-based Primary Care Use Among Veterans
Author(s) -
Sarah H. Gordon,
Erin BeilsteinWedel,
Amy K. Rosen,
Tianyu Zheng,
A. Taylor Kelley,
James Cook,
Sarah S Zahakos,
Todd H. Wagner,
Megan E. Vanneman
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.0000000000001555
Subject(s) - rurality , medicine , primary care , multivariate analysis , environmental health , rural area , family medicine , pathology
The 2014 Choice Act expanded the Veterans Health Administration's (VA) capacity to purchase services for VA enrollees from community providers, yet little is known regarding the growth of Veterans' primary care use in community settings.