Shen Yujing, Hendricks Ann, Zhang Shuo, Kazis Lewis E
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research (CHQOER), Rutgers University, USA.
Med Care Res Rev. 2003 Jun;60(2):253-67. doi: 10.1177/1077558703060002007.
The authors examined health care coverage for Veterans' Health Administration (VHA) enrollees and how their reliance on VHA care varies by coverage, using the largest and most detailed survey of veterans using VHA services ever conducted. The results showed that a majority of veterans who use VHA services have alternative health care coverage and that most of them use both VHA and non-VHA health care. The findings have important implications for quality of care and coordination of care.
作者们利用有史以来对使用退伍军人健康管理局(VHA)服务的退伍军人进行的规模最大、最详细的调查,研究了VHA参保者的医疗保健覆盖情况,以及他们对VHA护理的依赖程度如何因覆盖范围而异。结果显示,大多数使用VHA服务的退伍军人都有其他医疗保健覆盖,并且他们中的大多数人同时使用VHA和非VHA的医疗保健。这些发现对医疗质量和医疗协调具有重要意义。