About 10-11% of VA primary care appointments are either missed or cancelled the day of the appointment. About one-third of that is VA cancelling on the patient.

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We find that adding clinician availability to nurse triage lines reduces emergency department visits by 5.5%, but not admissions from the ED. Small estimated cost savings.

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