Veterans Health Administration (VA) vs. Non-VA Healthcare Quality: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Veterans Health Administration (VA) serves Veterans in the nation's largest integrated healthcare system. VA seeks to provide high quality of healthcare to Veterans, but due to the VA Choice and MISSION Acts, VA increasingly pays for care outside of its system in the community. This systematic review compares care provided in VA and non-VA settings, and includes published studies from 2015 to 2023, updating 2 prior systematic reviews on this topic.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Web of Science, and PsychINFO from 2015 to 2023 for published literature comparing VA and non-VA care, including VA-paid community care. Records were included at the abstract or full-text level if they compared VA medical care with care provided in other healthcare systems, and included c

SUBMITTER: Apaydin EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10361919 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature