VA hospitals

Military retiree clinics

VA hospitals are medical facilities operated by the U.S.

Department of Veterans Affairs, providing healthcare to military veterans.

The system is one of the largest integrated healthcare networks in the country: He gets all his prescriptions through the VA hospital.

VA hospitals have been both praised for specialized veteran care and criticized for bureaucratic delays.

Opposites
patient eligibility/military affiliation

VA hospitalspublic hospitals

Government-operated medical facilities

general hospitals · county hospitals

funding and administration

VA hospitalsprivate hospitals

Non-state medical institutions

private practice

Family

hospital

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G