Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans / David C. Chan Jr, David Card, Lowell Taylor.

Author
Chan, David C, Jr. [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022.
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  • Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w29765. [More in this series]
  • NBER working paper series no. w29765
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We study public vs. private provision of health care for veterans aged 65 and older who may receive care provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in private hospitals financed by Medicare. Utilizing the ambulance design of Doyle et al. (2015), we find that the VA reduces 28-day mortality by 46% (4.5 percentage points) and that these survival gains are persistent. The VA also reduces 28-day spending by 21% and delivers strikingly different reported services relative to private hospitals. We find suggestive evidence of complementarities between continuity of care, health IT, and integrated care.
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February 2022.
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