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Jonathan Staloff , Karin Nelson , Ashok Reddy , Eric Gunnink , Edwin S. Wong ·

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Primary care spending in the VHA in 2022 as a percentage of total medical expenditures was stable compared with prior estimates. In addition, our results show discordance in each VISN's spending quartile based on the metric utilized. This finding suggests that each metric may capture a different element of primary care spending.

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