Perceptions of Care Coordination Among Homeless Veterans Receiving Medical Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Community Care Settings: Results From a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Initiatives to expand Veterans' access to purchased health care outside Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities ("community care") present care coordination challenges for Veterans experiencing homelessness.

Objective

Among Veterans with homeless experiences, to evaluate community care use and satisfaction, and compare perceptions of care coordination among Veterans using VHA services and community care to those using VHA services without community care.

Research design

Cross-sectional analysis of responses to a 2018 mailed survey.

Subjects

VHA outpatients with homeless experiences.

Measures

Self-reported use of community care, Likert-style ratings of satisfaction with that care, and Access/Coordination experiences from the Primary Car

SUBMITTER: Jones AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8119353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature