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 2004-04-21 monographic deposited born digital 43 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-444 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444 P0b002ee18037cb78 f:d04444 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444 GAO-04-444 Data collection Health care facilities Health care planning Health care programs Health care services Health centers Health resources utilization Medical economic analysis Strategic planning Veterans Veterans benefits Allocation (Government accounting) VA Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System Other Written Product A09825 Since fiscal year 1997, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has relied primarily on its 21 health care networks to allocate resources to its medical centers. VA headquarters also directly allocates some resources to the medical centers. In addition, medical centers collect resources from third-party insurance payments and other sources. VA provides general guidance to\ networks for resource allocation to medical centers, but permits variation in networks' allocation methodologies. Representatives from veterans groups and others have expressed concerns regarding resource allocations to medical centers in Network 9 (Nashville) known as the Mid South Healthcare Network. GAO was asked to report for fiscal year 2002 (1) the amount of resources medical centers in the network received and the source of those resources and (2) the basis on which medical centers in the network received these resources. GAO was also asked to supplement findings for fiscal year 2002 with information for fiscal years 1997 through 2003. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444.pdf GAO-04-444 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-444 Other Written Product GAO-04-444; VA Health Care: Resource Allocations to Medical Centers in the Mid South Healthcare Network; Data collection Health care facilities Health care planning Health care programs Health care services Health centers Health resources utilization Medical economic analysis Strategic planning Veterans Veterans benefits Allocation (Government accounting) VA Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System