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VA Health Care: Lessons Learned From Medical Facility Integrations

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 24, 1997
Report No. T-HEHS-97-184
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Summary:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates 173 hospitals and more than 200 freestanding outpatient clinics nationwide at a cost of about $17 billion a year. Two years ago, VA created 22 networks to help improve service delivery to the 3 million veterans who use its medical facilities each year. So far, networks have begun facility integrations in 18 geographic areas, involving a total of 36 hospitals. This testimony focuses on (1) the role of facility integrations in reshaping VA's health care delivery system and (2) lessons learned that could help enhance VA's process for planning and implementing ongoing and future facility integrations.

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