Expansion of the Veterans Health Administration Network and Surgical Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Choice Program (VCP) expanded health care access to community settings outside the VA for eligible patients. Little is known about the effect of VCP on access to surgery and postoperative outcomes. Since its initiation, care coordination issues, which are often associated with adverse postoperative outcomes, have been reported. Research findings on the association of VCP and postoperative outcomes are limited to only a few select procedures and have been mixed, potentially due to bias from unmeasured confounding.

Objective

To investigate the association of the VCP with access to surgery and postoperative outcomes using a nonrandomized controlled regression discontinuity design (RDD) to reduce the impact of unmeas

SUBMITTER: Graham LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9558067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature