منابع مشابه
Veterans and the Affordable Care Act.
ARMED CONFLICT HAS BEEN A FREQUENT OCCURrence throughout US history. During the last century, the United States has fought 8 wars that together span more than 35 years, not counting numerous conflicts that are not officially considered wars. In view of the many health consequences of war, the potential effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health care for veterans warrants careful consider...
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Methods The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) was used as the basis for defining potential factors affecting implementation success and guided data collection and analysis. For each of the initiatives, a sample of facilities was selected to maximize variability in implementation success, defined uniquely for each initiative. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with...
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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...
متن کاملUsing geographic information system tools to improve access to MS specialty care in Veterans Health Administration.
Access to appropriate and timely healthcare is critical to the overall health and well-being of patients with chronic diseases. In this study, we used geographic information system (GIS) tools to map Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their access to MS specialty care. We created six travel-time bands around VHA facilities with MS specialty care and c...
متن کاملOregon physicians' attitudes about and experiences with end-of-life care since passage of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.
CONTEXT The Oregon Death with Dignity Act, passed by ballot measure in 1994 and enacted in October 1997, legalized physician-assisted suicide for competent, terminally ill Oregonians, but little is known about the effects of the act on clinical practice or physician perspective. OBJECTIVE To examine Oregon physicians' attitudes toward and practices regarding care of dying patients since the p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Care
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0025-7079
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001490