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. 2024 May 1;7(5):e2410841.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.10841.

Physicians and Specialties in the Veterans Health Administration's Community Care Network

Yevgeniy Feyman  1 , Kevin N Griffith  2   3 , Allison Dorneo  2   4 , Sandra F Simmons  5   6 , Christianne L Roumie  5   6 , Kristin M Mattocks  7   8
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Physicians and Specialties in the Veterans Health Administration's Community Care Network

Yevgeniy Feyman et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This cross-sectional study of data from the US Veterans Health Administration examines the availability of services provided through community care networks by specialty and clinical characteristics.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Roumie reported grants from Veterans Health Administration Clinical Science Grant outside the submitted work; she reported employment with the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Specialty-Level Variation in the Proportion of Physicians Participating in the Veterans Health Administration’s Community Care Network, 2019
Specialty categorizations are further described in the eTable in Supplement 1. Percentages indicate the share of Medicare-participating physicians that also participated in the Veterans Health Administration community care network during calendar year 2019. OBGYN indicates obstetrics/gynecology; PT, physical therapy.
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