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MadLinguist

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1. not at all surprsing

Reply to DBoon (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2024, 05:29 PM

Jan 2024

The VA model is vastly different -- it scales, it's driven not by profit motive but by outcomes, it trains the providers (of all types, MDs, nurses, social workers, spiritual advisors, etc) as well as providers across other institutions. Additionally it is engaged in services like providing housing, burial arrangements, payment for family members providing healthcare. It ain't perfect as a healthcare system, but it is comprehensive patient support, which contrasts to everything else out there in the healthcare landscape

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Who is most efficient in health care? Study finds, surprisingly, it's the VA [View all] DBoon Jan 2024 OP

not at all surprsing MadLinguist Jan 2024 #1

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