United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-05-09 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-487 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487 P0b002ee1803a0b03 f:d03487 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487 GAO-03-487 Elder care Health care costs Health care facilities Home health care services Long-term care Veterans benefits Other Written Product A06750 In April 2002, at the request of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, we testified on variation in the availability of VA's noninstitutional long-term care services. Congress expressed concern that this variation could mean that some veterans did not have access to noninstitutional services because of gaps in service availability and because of the restrictions that some facilities might place on veterans' use of these services, such as limiting the amount of service a veteran may receive. To address these concerns, we updated and expanded our previous work to determine (1) whether veterans' access to six noninstitutional services is limited by service availability and restrictions on use and (2) if access is limited, what factors, contribute to limited access. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487.pdf GAO-03-487 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-487 Other Written Product GAO-03-487; VA Long-Term Care: Service Gaps and Facility Restrictions Limit Veterans' Access to Noninstitutional Care; Elder care Health care costs Health care facilities Home health care services Long-term care Veterans benefits Volume 110 Page 3178 110 Stat. 3178 Volume 113 Page 1545 113 Stat. 1545 Public Law 104-262 Public Law 106-117