Determinants of referral network size for screening colonoscopies in the Veterans Health Administration after the implementation of the MISSION Act

Abstract

VHA facilities with a higher volume of VHA-purchased screening colonoscopies and more rural enrollees had more non-VHA physicians providing care. Geographic variation in referral networks may also explain differences in the effects of the MISSION Act on access to care and patient outcomes.

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