The VA health care system: an unrecognized national safety net.

@article{Wilson1997TheVH,
  title={The VA health care system: an unrecognized national safety net.},
  author={Nancy J. Wilson and Kenneth W. Kizer},
  journal={Health affairs},
  year={1997},
  volume={16 4},
  pages={
          200-4
        }
}
The dominance of local health care markets in conjunction with variable public funding results in a national patchwork of "safety nets" and beneficiaries in the United States rather than a uniform system. This DataWatch describes how the recently reorganized Department of Veterans Affairs serves as a coordinated, national safety-net provider and characterizes the veterans who are not supported by the market-based system. 
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