Camaraderie Among US Veterans and Their Preferences for Health Care Systems and Practitioners
In this survey study of 652 veterans, camaraderie was important to most of these VA Health System users, especially younger veterans. As VA provides more choice of practitioners to its enrollees, it will be important to consider ways to preserve veterans' ability to affiliate with other veterans in community care settings, especially for younger veterans who are often challenged in transitioning from military service to civilian life.
Authors
- Wenshu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4294-5363)
- Kenneth W. Kizer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-2340)
- Qingkun Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5521-0086)
- Paula P. Schnurr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6195-716X)
- Sonja V. Batten
- Kevin Vigilante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2371-0373)
- Roderick J. A. Little (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9878-6977)
- Shiping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2884-020X)
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Booz Allen Hamilton (United States) (US)
- Boston Foundation (US)
- National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (US)
- Foundation Medicine (United States)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5253
- Primary Topic
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs