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

These deidentified datasets have been approved for public release by the VA Boston Healthcare System's Institutional Review Board and Privacy Office. Our data include approximately 52 million appointment wait times for both VA & community-based medical professionals from January 1st, 2014 to December 31st, 2022. Special thanks to Erin Beilstein-Wedel for helpful feedback and troubleshooting!

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. (2021). “Medicaid Expansion Increased Appointment Wait Times in Maine and Virginia.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 37(10): 2594-2596.

Griffith, KN, Asfaw, DA, Childers, RG, & Wilper, AP. (2022). “Changes in veterans’ access to specialty care during the COVID-19 pandemic.” JAMA Network Open 5(9): e2232515.

Feyman, Y, Asfaw, D, & Griffith, KN. (2022). “Geographic Variation in Appointment Wait Times for U.S. Military Veterans.” JAMA Network Open 5(8): e2228783.

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本批已完成去标识化处理的数据集，已通过波士顿退伍军人医疗系统（VA Boston Healthcare System）的机构审查委员会（Institutional Review Board）与隐私办公室审批，准予公开发布。本数据集涵盖2014年1月1日至2022年12月31日期间，约5200万条针对退伍军人医疗系统及社区医疗从业者的预约候诊时长记录。特别感谢Erin Beilstein-Wedel提供的宝贵反馈与问题排查协助！

使用本数据集时，请引用以下出版物：
Y. Feyman、Legler A. 与 K.N. Griffith. (2021). 《退伍军人医疗管理局医疗机构与社区医疗中心的初级及专科护理预约候诊时长数据》. 《数据简报（Data in Brief）》: e107134。

以下为使用本数据集的部分同行评审论文（非完整列表）：
Griffith KN、Ndugga NH、Pizer SP. (2020). "退伍军人医疗管理局医疗机构与社区医疗中心的专科护理预约候诊时长". 《JAMA网络开放（JAMA Network Open）》3(8): e2014313。
Auty SG、Griffith KN. (2021). "医疗补助扩张加剧缅因州与弗吉尼亚州的预约候诊时长". 《普通内科学杂志》37(10): 2594-2596。
Griffith KN、Asfaw DA、Childers RG、Wilper AP. (2022). "COVID-19大流行期间退伍军人专科护理可及性的变化". 《JAMA网络开放（JAMA Network Open）》5(9): e2232515。
Feyman Y、Asfaw D、Griffith KN. (2022). "美国退伍军人预约候诊时长的地域差异". 《JAMA网络开放（JAMA Network Open）》5(8): e2228783。

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