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The [[United States]] '''Veterans Health Administration''' (VHA) is the branch of the United States [[Department of Veterans Affairs]] that provides health care to honorably discharged veterans of the United States military. The VHA is the largest integrated health care system in the United States.
The [[United States]] '''Veterans Health Administration''' (VHA) is the branch of the United States [[Department of Veterans Affairs]] that provides health care to honorably discharged veterans of the United States military. The VHA is the largest integrated health care system in the United States.


The health care provided by the VHA compares well with health care provided outside of the VHA.<ref name="pmid18395583">{{cite journal |author=Oliver A |title=Public-sector health-care reforms that work? A case study of the US Veterans Health Administration |journal=Lancet |volume=371 |issue=9619 |pages=1211-3 |year=2008 |pmid=18395583 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60528-0}}</ref>
The health care provided by the VHA compares well<ref name="pmid18395583">{{cite journal |author=Oliver A |title=Public-sector health-care reforms that work? A case study of the US Veterans Health Administration |journal=Lancet |volume=371 |issue=9619 |pages=1211-3 |year=2008 |pmid=18395583 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60528-0}}</ref> or better<ref name="pmid15313743">{{cite journal |author=Kerr EA, Gerzoff RB, Krein SL, ''et al'' |title=Diabetes care quality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and commercial managed care: the TRIAD study |journal=Annals of internal medicine |volume=141 |issue=4 |pages=272–81 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15313743 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> than health care provided outside of the VHA.


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The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the branch of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that provides health care to honorably discharged veterans of the United States military. The VHA is the largest integrated health care system in the United States.

The health care provided by the VHA compares well[1] or better[2] than health care provided outside of the VHA.

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  1. Oliver A (2008). "Public-sector health-care reforms that work? A case study of the US Veterans Health Administration". Lancet 371 (9619): 1211-3. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60528-0. PMID 18395583. Research Blogging.
  2. Kerr EA, Gerzoff RB, Krein SL, et al (August 2004). "Diabetes care quality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and commercial managed care: the TRIAD study". Annals of internal medicine 141 (4): 272–81. PMID 15313743[e]

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