Table 2.

Data collection methods, purpose, and results.

Phase	Participant group	Data collection methods	Purpose	Results or summary reports
1	VAa and ADNAb VDCc staff	Surveys Semistructured interviews	Gauge knowledge base, staff experiences and perceptions, and program operation	Report on variability in VDC program organization and delivery
2	VISN 8d and VAMCe leadership	Semistructured interviews	Gain insight into leadership support, priorities, and funding	Factors impacting VDC programs’ reach and implementation, and organizational facilitators and barriers
3	GECDACf VDC data	Secondary administrative data from different VA sources	Data regarding veterans served and the use of HCBSg	Quantitative description and comparison of VISN 8 to national VDC programs on access and HCBS use
4	Veterans and caregivers	Semistructured interviews Surveys	Learn from the lived experiences of enrolled and unenrolled veterans’ and their caregivers. Detailed needs, social determinants, and service use data	Factors affecting VDC enrollment decision, and satisfaction with enrollment processes Health, function, quality of life, unmet needs, other HCBS program use, and socioeconomic status
5	Research team	Integration of findings from aims 1-4	Use the information from aims 1-4 to identify strategies to make recommendations to guide VDC program expansion	Final report on the project summarizing data from all stakeholders to inform VDC expansion

^aVA: Veterans Affairs.

^bADNA: Aging and Disability Network Agency.

^cVDC: Veteran-Directed Care.

^dVISN: Veteran Integrated Service Network.

^eVAMC: Veterans Affairs medical centers.

^fGECDAC: Geriatrics and Extended Care Data and Analysis Center.

^gHCBS: home- and community-based services.