Table 1.

VA Medical Center Site Characteristics

Variable	Site 1	Site 2	Site 3
Interviews completed	9	14	11
Site structure	1 main campus acute-care hospital,1 long-term care, and 15 clinics; academic affiliated	3 main campuses each with acute-care hospitals, long-term care, home-based primary care, and 5 clinics; academic affiliated	1 main campus that has an acute-care hospital, long-term care, and 6 clinics; academic affiliated.
Facility complexity level	1A	1A	1B
ICU/Surgical centers	Level 1 ICU, SCI, VA transplant, polytrauma centers	Level 1 ICU, SCI, polytrauma centers	Level 1 ICU, VA transplant center
Average inpatient census	152	227	80
Average daily census long-term carea	128	103	21
Outpatient visits	106,201	56,047	38,797
Census region	South	Northeast	Midwest

Note. ICU, intensive care unit; SCI, spinal cord injuries and disorders; VA, Veterans’ Affairs; VA complexity level is determined through a model that includes information about patient population, clinical services, and teaching and research programs.⁴¹

^a2019 data, prior to COVID-19 pandemic.