VA Health Care: Exploring Options to Improve Veterans' Access to VA Facilities

HEHS-96-52 Published: Feb 06, 1996. Publicly Released: Feb 06, 1996.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on veterans' use of Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) medical facilities, focusing on: (1) users' characteristics; (2) the geographic accessibility of VA and private medical facilities that provide standard benefits; and (3) options to improve accessibility of VA health care.

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Veterans

Health care cost controlHealth care planningHealth insuranceHealth resources utilizationPeople with disabilitiesPopulation statisticsPrivatizationVeteransVeterans hospitalsOutpatient care