Balancing demand and supply for veterans' health care : a summary of three RAND assessments conducted under the Veterans Choice Act.

Balancing demand and supply for veterans' health care : a summary of three RAND assessments conducted under the Veterans Choice Act.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2016] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations, color map, color charts, color photographs.
Language:	English
Series:	Research report ; RR-1165/4-RC Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1165/4-RC.
Subject:	United States. -- Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014. United States. -- Department of Veterans Affairs. United States. -- Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans -- Medical care -- Government policy -- United States. Health services accessibility -- United States. Veterans -- Services for -- United States. Veterans' hospitals -- Medical care -- United States. Veterans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Health services accessibility. Veterans -- Legal status, laws, etc. Veterans -- Medical care -- Government policy. Veterans -- Services for. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11397696

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Summary of Three RAND Assessments Conducted Under the Veterans Choice Act
Other authors / contributors:	RAND Health, author, issuing body. Rand Corporation, publisher.
ISBN:	0833094076 9780833094070
Notes:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed February 11, 2016).
Summary:	"In response to concerns that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has faced about veterans' access to care and the quality of care delivered, Congress enacted the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ("Veterans Choice Act") in August 2014. The law was passed to help address access issues by expanding the criteria through which veterans can seek care from civilian providers. In addition, the law called for a series of independent assessments of the VA health care system across a broad array of topics related to the delivery of health care services to veterans in VA-owned and -operated facilities, as well as those under contract to VA. RAND conducted three of these assessments: Veteran demographics and health care needs (A), VA health care capabilities (B), and VA authorities and mechanisms for purchasing care (C). This report summarizes the findings of our assessments and includes recommendations from the reports for improving the match between veterans' needs and VA's capabilities, including VA's ability to purchase necessary care from the private sector."--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
ch. 1: Demand: how much care do veterans use?
ch. 2: Supply: what is VA's capacity to deliver health care and how might this impact veterans' access?
ch. 3: What should policymakers consider when examining changes to purchased care?
Recommendations.