State-Level Variability in Veteran Reliance on Veterans Health Administration and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations: A Geospatial Analysis

• Main Authors: Drew A. Helmer MD (Author), Mazhgan Rowneki MPH (Author), Xue Feng MPH (Author), Chin-lin Tseng DrPh (Author), Danielle Rose PhD (Author), Orysya Soroka MS (Author), Dennis Fried PhD (Author), Nisha Jani PhD (Author), Leonard M. Pogach MD (Author), Usha Sambamoorthi PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Most Veterans who use the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) also utilize private-sector health care providers. To better inform local and regional health care planning, we assessed the association between reliance on VHA ambulatory care and total and system-specific preventable hospitalization ra...