Use of General Primary Care, Specialized Primary Care, and Other Veterans Affairs Services Among High-Risk Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Integrated health care systems increasingly focus on improving outcomes among patients at high risk for hospitalization. Examining patterns of where patients obtain care could give health care systems insight into how to develop approaches for high-risk patient care; however, such information is rarely described.

Objective

To assess use of general and specialized primary care, medical specialty, and mental health services among patients at high risk of hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Design, setting, and participants

This national, population-based, retrospective cross-sectional study included all veterans enrolled in any type of VHA primary care service as of September 30, 2015. Data analysis was performed from April 1, 2016, t

SUBMITTER: Chang ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7324956 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature