Balancing Demand and Supply for Veterans' Health Care, A Summary of Three RAND Assessments Conducted Under the Veterans Choice Act

Author

Health; RAND

Year

2016

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Language

English

Pages

Link

Last Update

03-Feb-2026

Keywords

Health Sciences

Description

U.S. veterans represent a special population of men and women who have served their country, many facing extraordinary health risks during their deployments. Because many veterans have served on overseas missions, including combat, veterans with service-connected health issues are a clinically complex and potentially vulnerable population. The mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system is to meet the health care needs of this population.

However, in recent years VA has faced increasing concerns about veterans’ access to care and the quality of care delivered. In February 2014, in a widely publicized episode, a retired VA physician...