How Timely Is The Care Inside The VA System Right Now?
Veterans currently have over appointments scheduled.
are scheduled for care within 30 days of the requested date.
are scheduled for care after 30 days of the requested date.
< 1% of total scheduled are considered time sensitive *.
Data last updated
This figure is drawn from extensive chart reviews of 9,582,703 appointments. A sample of patients waiting greater than 30 days, who were felt to be time sensitive appointments based on clinical need (because a requested return date was 7 days or less from the prior appointment). After the review, only 5.7% of those patients were found to have a time sensitive, or urgent, clinical need based on the chart reviews. This number represents considerably less than 1% of the total number of appointments scheduled.