Administration's Share of Personnel in Veterans Health Administration and Private Sector Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care administrative overhead is greater in the US than some other nations but has not been assessed in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Objective

To compare administrative staffing patterns in the VHA and private (non-VHA) sectors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study was conducted using US employment data from 2019, prior to pandemic-related disruptions in health care staffing, and was carried out between January 14 and August 10, 2023. A nationally representative sample of federal and nonfederal personnel in hospitals and ambulatory care settings from the American Community Survey (ACS), all employees reported in VHA personnel records, and personnel in health insurance carriers and brokers tabulated by the Bureau of

SUBMITTER: Woolhandler S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797450 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature