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Encounters after Appointments Cancelled Due to COVID-19 in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Tran, L. D.; Rose, L.; Urech, T.; Vashi, A.

2021-11-20 health policy
10.1101/2021.11.17.21266381 medRxiv
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This statistical brief examines subsequent encounters after a cancellation due to COVID-19 in the Veterans Affairs System. We find that he vast majority of VA patients that had appointments cancelled in mid-March to mid-April of 2020 had another encounter within 180 days. The most common next encounter was a virtual visit with a VA provider on the same day of the original appointment. We also find that patients that saw a provider through VA community care had a lower median time to next encounter.

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