Author
Adamson, David M. ; Breslau, Joshua ; Farris, Coreen ; Rana, Yashodhara ; Ruder, Teague ; Pincus, Harold Alan ; Osilla, Karen Chan ; Barnes-Proby, Dionne ; Miyashiro, Lisa ; Marshall, Grant N. ; Voorhies, Phoenix ; Pfrommer, Katherine ; Brown, Ryan Andrew
Year
2014
Publisher
RAND Corporation
Language
English
Pages
5
ISBN
978-0-83308-729-4
Last Update
01-Apr-2026
Keywords
Management & Organizational Behavior ; Health Sciences ; Psychology
It is well established for civilian populations that persons farther away from medical care are less likely than others to seek or use health care services, including behavioral health care services (White, 1986; Beardsley et al., 2003)—that is, treatment for mental, behavioral, or addictive disorders. The same is true of veterans (Fortney et al., 1998; Schmitt, Phibbs, and Piette, 2003; McCarthy et al., 2007; Pfeiffer et al., 2011). For example, sharp reductions in care-seeking are evident at a distance of five miles or more from providers (U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2011). The response of the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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