In defense of Direct Care: Limiting access to military hospitals could worsen quality and safety.

Cheryl K ZoggJudith H LichtmanMichael K DaltonPeter A LearnAndrew J SchoenfeldTracey Perez KoehlmoosJoel S WeissmanZara Cooper

Published in: Health services research (2021)

Reducing access to MTFs could result in significant harm to MHS patients. The results underscore the importance of health-policy planning based on evidence-based evaluation and the need to consider the consequential downstream effects caused by changes in access to care.

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