Drive Time and Receipt of Guideline-Recommended Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many patients do not receive recommended services. Drive time to health care services may affect receipt of guideline-recommended care, but this has not been comprehensively studied.

Objective

To assess associations between drive time to care and receipt of guideline-recommended screening, diagnosis, and treatment interventions.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used administrative data from the National Veterans Health Administration (VA) data merged with Medicare data. Eligible participants were patients using VA services between January 2016 and December 2019. Women ages 65 years or older without underlying bone disease were assessed for osteoporosis screening. Patients with new diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

SUBMITTER: Baldomero AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9636523 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature