Assessment of Changes in US Veterans Health Administration Care Delivery Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Liam Rose; Linda Diem Tran; Steven M Asch; Anita Vashi

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29139

Assessment of Changes in US Veterans Health Administration Care Delivery Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2129139. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29139.

Authors

Liam Rose^{1

2}, Linda Diem Tran^{1

2}, Steven M Asch^{3

4}, Anita Vashi^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Health Economics Resource Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California.
² Stanford Surgery Policy Improvement and Education Center, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
³ Center for Innovation to Implementation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California.
⁴ Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses changes in health care delivery methods, including all forms of care either purchased or provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), for VHA enrollees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Pandemics*
Telemedicine / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology
Veterans Health Services / statistics & numerical data*

Grants and funding

I01 HX002362/HX/HSRD VA/United States