,The Residency Allocation Database is used to determine allocation of funds for residency programs offered by Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs). Information for the database comes from any VAMC that has made a funding request for its residency programs. The Office of Academic Affiliations distributes worksheets and memos are sent to participating VAMCs. VAMC personnel enter the information electronically into the database housed at the Academic Information Management Center (AIMC) located in St. Louis, Missouri. The data entry and collection process is done annually beginning in September and ending in December. The main user of this database is the Office of Academic Affiliations.,

,The Report of VA Medical Training Programs Database is used to track medical center health services trainees and VA physicians serving as faculty. The database also tracks the number of U.S. and international medical residents on-duty at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). Information in the database comes from all VAMCs that have residency programs. The Office of Academic Affiliations distributes worksheets and memos to participating VAMCs annually. VAMC personnel enter the information electronically into the database located at the Academic Information Management Center (AIMC) in St. Louis, Missouri. The main user of this database is the Office of Academic Affiliations which uses the reports from the system to assist in its decision making.,

,The VA's Veteran Health Administration, in support of the Open Data Initiative, is providing the number of Veteran enrollees by state/county for fiscal year 2015. For additional information about Veteran Priority Groups, see the data assets metadata.,

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) population health survey data have been linked to VA administrative data containing information on military service history and VA benefit program utilization. The linked data can provide information on the health status and access to health care for VA program beneficiaries. In addition, researchers can compare the health of Veterans within and outside the VA health care system and compare Veterans to non-Veterans in the civilian non-institutionalized U.S. population. Due to confidentiality requirements, the Restricted-use NCHS-VA Linked Data Files are accessible only through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC) Network. All interested researchers must submit a research proposal to the RDC. Please see the NCHS RDC website (https://www.cdc.gov/rdc/index.htm) for instructions on submitting a proposal.

Appendix for a three-part study on Veterans who have used at least one of the benefits or services (referred to as "users") provided by VA during Fiscal Years 2010 through 2023.

The purpose of this exchange is to disclose data from the SSA Master Beneficiary Record (MBR) to VA. This disclosure will provide VA with the data to update the master records of VA beneficiaries receiving income-dependent benefits and to adjust VA income dependent benefits.

Part 3 of a three-part study on Veterans who have used at least one of the benefits or services (referred to as "users") provided by VA during Fiscal Years 2010 through 2023. Part 3 presents more detailed information on the two largest VA programs, Health Care and Disability Compensation.

,The Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) database, is operated by the Allocation Resource Center (ARC) in Braintree, MA. The ARC is part of the Resource Allocation & Execution Office of the Office of Finance. The database is developed from the Patient Treatment File, National Patient Care Database, Fee Basis Medical and Pharmacy System, Decision Support System (DSS) National extracts, DSS Derived Monthly Program Cost Report (MPCR), Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Minimum Data Set (MDS), Clinical Case Registry (CCR), and Home Dialysis Data Collection System, the Pharmacy Benefits Management database and the Consolidated Enrollment File. Most of the clinical data is Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture data which is transmitted to the Austin Information Technology Center (AITC) where it is retrieved by the ARC each month. The ARC also retrieves DSS cost data from the AITC as well. Some additional information is received from the Hines Pharmacy Benefits Management and the CCR databases. The data from these sources is combined to develop patient-specific care and cost data for each hospitalization or visit at the location or treatment level. Aggregate tables summarize this data for reporting and analysis purposes. The VERA databases are the basis for resource allocation in the Veterans Health Administration.,

Introduction to a three-part study on Veterans who have used at least one of the benefits or services (referred to as "users") provided by VA during Fiscal Years 2010 through 2023.

Health Care: All Veterans who received either VA inpatient care, VA outpatient care, purchased (fee basis) care, VA long-term services and support, or VA pharmacy care were included. VA Health Care enrollees who did not seek care from VA during the current year were not included. Veterans who only sought care from a VHA Vet Center were not included. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides Health Care.