Kramer B Josea, Wang Mingming, Hoang Tuyen, Harker Judith O, Finke Bruce, Saliba Debra
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 91343, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2006 Sep;96(9):1577-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.073205. Epub 2006 Jul 27.
We sought to determine the extent to which the Indian Health Service (IHS) identified enrollees who also use the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as veterans. We used a bivariate analysis of administrative data from fiscal years 2002-2003 to study the target population. Of the 32259 IHS enrollees who received care as veterans in the VHA, only 44% were identified by IHS as veterans. IHS data underestimates the number of veterans, and both IHS and VHA need mechanisms to recognize mutual beneficiaries in order to facilitate better coordination of strategic planning and resource sharing among federal health care agencies.
我们试图确定印第安卫生服务局（IHS）识别出同时作为退伍军人使用退伍军人健康管理局（VHA）服务的登记人员的程度。我们对2002 - 2003财年的行政数据进行了双变量分析，以研究目标人群。在32259名在VHA接受退伍军人护理的IHS登记人员中，IHS仅识别出44%为退伍军人。IHS数据低估了退伍军人的数量，IHS和VHA都需要机制来识别共同受益人群体，以便促进联邦医疗保健机构之间更好地协调战略规划和资源共享。
