Table 1.
Characteristics of Clustered Healthcare Facilities and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Communities
| Characteristics | Veterans Health Administration Facility | Indian Health System Facility | AIAN veteran community | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribal | Federal | Reservation | Non-Reservation | ||||||||
| VHA-IHS-Tribal community clusters | A | B | C | D | A | C | B | A | B | C | D |
| Geographic areas (distance between facilities1) | |||||||||||
| Southern Plains (83 mi.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Southwest (179 mi.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Northwest (29 mi.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Northern Plains (133 mi.) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Facility type | |||||||||||
| Inpatient & Outpatient | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Outpatient only | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Located in rural county2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
1Distance calculated using zip code centroids between VHA and IHS facilities
2Source, Rural Assistance Center, http://ims2.missouri.edu/rac/amirural/, accessed 2/19/09