The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, subsidiary 509GB in Aiken, South Carolina scheduled 2,446 pending appointments in September compared to 2,585 the previous month, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran s Affairs.
Of the total number of appointments, 2,346 had a wait time of 30 days or less (95.9%) and 100 appointments (4.1%) were scheduled more than 30 days out.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in January 2019 reported that wait times for new appointments at VA health care facilities were similar to or better than wait times at private-sector providers between 2014 and 2017.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), however, released a report in July 2019 that cautioned that the VA s data-tracking system only captures part of the appointment process and fails to account for the time that it takes the VA to enroll veterans in its health benefits program.
The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, subsidiary 509GB in Aiken, South Carolina scheduled 2,585 pending appointments in August compared to 2,672 the previous month, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran s Affairs.
Of the total number of appointments, 2,428 had a wait time of 30 days or less (93.9%) and 157 appointments (6.1%) were scheduled more than 30 days out.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in January 2019 reported that wait times for new appointments at VA health care facilities were similar to or better than wait times at private-sector providers between 2014 and 2017.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), however, released a report in July 2019 that cautioned that the VA s data-tracking system only captures part of the appointment process and fails to account for the time that it takes the VA to enroll veterans in its health benefits program.