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Funded Project Details - FY2021




Project Number:

I01HX000930-01A2
Title: Factors Associated with Institutional Use by Veterans in Home Based Primary Care
Principal Investigator:

Suzanne Gillespie

Location: Canandaigua, NY
Congressional District Code: 29
Research Service: Health Services R&D
Project Period: July 2015 - February 2021
FY 2021 Funding Amount: $0
Total Award Amount
(all years):		 $974,492
Abstract: View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER
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Excerpt:

VA Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) is an interdisciplinary team-based home care program that serves arapidly aging cohort of oldest old Veterans (85+) and younger OIF/OEF Veterans with complex chronicdisabling conditions. In 2011, approximately 15,000 Veterans were enrolled in 139 VA Medical Center HBPCprograms and an associated 101 community-based outpatient clinic locations nationwide. Although HBPCprogram quality has been established along a number of institutional utilization dimensions (e.g....


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