Changes in US Veterans' Access to Specialty Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kevin N Griffith; Daniel A Asfaw; Rachel G Childers; Andrew P Wilper

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32515

Changes in US Veterans' Access to Specialty Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 1;5(9):e2232515. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32515.

Authors

Kevin N Griffith^{1

2}, Daniel A Asfaw^{1

3}, Rachel G Childers⁴, Andrew P Wilper^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Business Administration and Economics, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina.
⁵ Veterans Affairs Boise Healthcare System, Boise, Idaho.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study identifies changes in referral volume and wait times for veterans seeking care from the specialists in the Veterans Health Administration or the community.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Medicine*
Pandemics
United States / epidemiology
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans*

Grants and funding

K12 HS026395/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States