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Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC facility in Warren scheduled 4,466 medical appointments in November 2020

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The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, subsidiary 541GI in Warren, Ohio, scheduled 4,466 pending appointments during the period ending December 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 4,206 had a wait time of 30 days or less (94.2%) and 260 appointments (5.8%) 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 VA explains on its website that when veterans apply for benefits, they are assigned to one of eight priority groups, with those who need immediate care due to service-related disabilities placed in higher priority groups. Veterans who do not have service-connected disabilities and earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Appointments Scheduled in November
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
541Cleveland52,12346,5225,601
541GLParma21,31818,8012,517
541GGAkron19,27517,4691,806
541BYCanton11,98411,475509
541BZYoungstown10,90610,097809
541GDMansfield10,22110,036185
541GBLorain10,0899,587502
541GFWilloughby7,8537,404449
541GCSandusky6,2245,555669
541GIWarren4,4664,206260
541GHEast Liverpool3,8643,759105
541GJNew Philadelphia3,7483,588160
541GKRavenna3,5713,434137
541QBCleveland4204164
541QFCuyahoga County 422917752
541GMCleveland79709
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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