VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Improve Information Reported on Mobile Medical Units

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Describes how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) utilizes mobile medical units to provide primary and specialty medical care to veterans in communities with veteran populations too small to support local facilities and in areas with limited access to specialty care, including rural areas. Examines VA's annual reports to Congress between 2018 and 2023 about mobile medical units' operations and performance. Offers recommendations to the VA to improve the reliability of the data and contextual information reported to Congress on mobile medical units.

12/2023

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Government Accountability Office

Access · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Policy · Primary care · Specialty care · Veterans