Hospital Distance and Readmissions Among VA‐Medicare Dual‐Enrolled Veterans
- 18 July 2016
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Rural Health
- Vol. 32 (4), 377-386
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12191
Abstract
COPD patients with poor geographic access to VA hospitals did not forgo subsequent inpatient care following their index hospitalization, but they were more likely to seek non-VA substitutes.Keywords
Funding Information
- Health Services Research and Development
- Office of Research and Development
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (IIR 09-354)
- University of Washington
- Yale University
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