Title

Health Reform Planning Models: The Case Of Veterans Hospitals

Abstract

As part of the national effort to reform healthcare, the Department of Veterans Affairs is undergoing a major reassessment of its healthcare mission. As Veterans Affairs prepares to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, one underlying issue of critical importance is which planning assumptions will be selected and employed. Will historical patterns of veterans use be interpreted as indicators of the market demand for Veterans Affairs healthcare services, or will estimates of disease prevalence among veterans be used as indicators of future healthcare need? If Veterans Affairs is to continue as a critical component of the nation's helthcare delivery system, its selection component of of a planning the nation's basis healthcare will have delivery major implications system, its for tomorrow's healthcare system. © 1994 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Publication Title

Hospital Topics

Volume

72

Issue

3

Number of Pages

10-14

Document Type

Article

Identifier

scopus

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00185868.1994.9948488

Socpus ID

0028455970 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0028455970

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