Appointment Wait Times for Primary and Specialty Care in Veterans Health Administration Facilities vs. Community Medical Centers
Description
These deidentified datasets have been certified for public release by the VA Boston Healthcare System's Privacy Office. Our data include approximately 47 million appointment wait times for both VA & community-based medical professionals from January 1st, 2014 to June 30th, 2021. Please cite the following publication when using this dataset: Y. Feyman, Legler, A., & K.N. Griffith. (2021). Appointment Wait Time Data for Primary & Specialty Care in Veterans Health Administration Facilities vs. Community Medical Centers. Data in Brief: e107134. A non-exhaustive list of other peer-reviewed articles using these data: Griffith, KN, Ndugga, NH, & Pizer, SP. (2020). Appointment Wait Times for Specialty Care in Veterans Health Administration Facilities vs Community Medical Centers. JAMA Network Open 3(8): e2014313. Auty, SG, & Griffith, KN. (in press). “Medicaid Expansion Increased Appointment Wait Times in Maine and Virginia.” Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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Steps to reproduce
For Data in Brief: Please see the attached article (currently under review) and SQL code in that folder, which contains detailed instructions. For CBSA Wait Time Rankings: Stay tuned, article currently under review. For