Health Affairs August 1, 2024
Jack Tsai, Dorota Szymkowiak, Hind Beydoun, Leandro Dasilva

Abstract

From 2020 to 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a national pilot of a rideshare program to support homeless patients’ transportation needs to obtain critical resources and attend medical appointments. This study linked Lyft rideshare data in 2022 to VA administrative data to examine characteristics and changes in service use among VA homeless service users. The results showed that VA homeless service users who used the VA Rideshare program were more likely to have psychiatric diagnoses and urgent care visits than those who did not use the program. When we controlled for past VA service use, use of the VA Rideshare program was associated with greater use of VA outpatient and inpatient services and fewer no-show medical...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends, VA / DoD
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