Interventions to Improve Veterans' Access to Care / Kehle, Shannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kehle, Shannon, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Services Research and Development Service, issuing body.

Minneapolis VA Health Care System (U.S.). VA Evidence Synthesis Program.

Evidence-based Synthesis Program (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services accessibility.

United States.

Genre:

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 46 pages)

Other Title:

Interventions to Improve Veterans' Access to Care

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research & Development Service, 2011.

Summary:

Recently, researchers within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have begun to develop an updated conceptualization of access which takes into account the impact of new technology on access and places a greater focus on outcomes beyond increased access. Specifically, the new conceptualization acknowledges post-access outcomes such as satisfaction, symptom levels, and functioning. As such, we sought to conduct a review of the literature that would clarify the current state of knowledge regarding the link between access to healthcare and system-level (e.g., utilization, satisfaction with care) and patient-level (quality of life, symptoms, mortality) outcomes. Given VA's continuing commitment to improving access for veterans, we also examined the efficacy of interventions designed to improve access, with a focus on access, system-level, and patient-level outcomes.

Notes:

"Evidence-based synthesis program."

"January 2011."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-26).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

OCLC:

731717231