Appointment Wait Times for Primary and Specialty Care in Veterans Health Administration Facilities vs. Community Medical Centers

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.

这些去标识化的数据集已由波士顿退伍军人医疗保健系统的隐私办公室认证并公开发布。我们的数据涵盖了从2014年1月1日至2021年6月30日，约4700万次VA及社区医疗机构预约等待时间。在使用此数据集时，请引用以下出版物：
Y. Feyman, Legler, A., & K.N. Griffith. (2021). 退伍军人健康管理局设施与社区医疗机构初级及专科护理预约等待时间数据。Data in Brief: e107134。
以下是非详尽的、使用这些数据的其他同行评审文章列表：
Griffith, KN, Ndugga, NH, & Pizer, SP. (2020). 退伍军人健康管理局设施与社区医疗机构专科护理预约等待时间比较。JAMA Network Open 3(8): e2014313。
Auty, SG, & Griffith, KN. (in press). “Medicaid 扩张增加了缅因州和弗吉尼亚州的预约等待时间。”Journal of General Internal Medicine。