Current and Projected Characteristics and Unique Health Care Needs of the Patient Population Served by the Department of Veterans Affairs

• Hoofdauteur: Health, RAND (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: RAND Corporation 2015
• Onderwerpen: Coping with old age; Nursing & ancillary services; Science: general issues; Migration, immigration & emigration; Health Sciences; Sociology; General Science
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Veterans who rely on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care are older and less healthy than veterans who do not, and the prevalence of health conditions in this population will increase. Not all eligible veterans use VA health care, and demand depends on such factors as access to other sour...