VA's Justification for the Number of Beds Planned for the Philadelphia Hospital and Nursing Home

HRD-85-69 Published: Jun 13, 1985. Publicly Released: Jul 15, 1985.

Highlights

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA) rationale and basis for determining that it needed a 538-bed hospital and 240-bed nursing home as part of its proposed modernization of the Philadelphia medical center.

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