VA health care, actions needed to improve access to primary care for newly enrolled veterans : testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives /

"GAO found that not all newly enrolled veterans were able to access primary care from the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and others experienced wide variation in the amount of time they waited for care. Sixty of the 180 newly enrolled veterans in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Draper, Debra (Author)
Corporate Authors:	United States. Government Accountability Office (Author), United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.
Series:	Testimony ; GAO-16-562T.
Subjects:	United States. > Veterans Health Administration > Rules and practice > Evaluation. Veterans > Medical care > United States > Evaluation. Primary health care > United States > Evaluation. Electronic government information. Electronic books.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo70677

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Problems newly enrolled veterans faced in accessing primary care and obtaining timely access to care
VHA's oversight of veterans' access to primary care is hindered in part by data weaknesses.