Comparison of crisis response planning and treatment as usual for active duty service members at risk for suicide: Study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial in a military treatment facility

Abstract: Background: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among U.S. service members, and rates of suicide among military personnel have increased over the past two …

Why Veterans choose VA versus non-VA emergency care: A qualitative study

Abstract: Introduction: In ensuring the timely delivery of emergency care to Veterans, Veterans Affairs (VA) offers both emergency care services in its own facilities and, …

Growth of community outpatient care in the Veterans Affairs system after the MISSION Act

Abstract: Background: The Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 authorized a major expansion of purchased care in the …

Community emergency care use by Veterans in an era of expanding choice

Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Recently passed legislation aimed at improving access to care has considerably expanded options for veterans to receive emergency care in community, or …

Descriptive record of the activity of military critical care transfer teams deployed to London in April 2020 to undertake transfer of patients with COVID-19

Abstract: In the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, military healthcare teams were deployed to London to assist the London Ambulance Service t transfer ventilated patients between …