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ArticleThe Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association2026

When Workforce Policy Meets Operational Reality: Reflections on the Veterans Health Administration's Contract Buyout Program.

Patrick N O'Mahen, Aisha N Khan, Shannon S Kenyon, Vivian R Spencer, Sylvia J Hysong

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Article in The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Patrick N O'MahenHouston Evidence-based Rapid Measurements and Evaluations Center (HERMES), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2417-6057
Aisha N KhanHouston Evidence-based Rapid Measurements and Evaluations Center (HERMES), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4017-9909
Shannon S KenyonHouston Evidence-based Rapid Measurements and Evaluations Center (HERMES), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0817-1210
Vivian R SpencerHouston Evidence-based Rapid Measurements and Evaluations Center (HERMES), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, Houston, Texas, USA.
Sylvia J HysongHouston Evidence-based Rapid Measurements and Evaluations Center (HERMES), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-5207

Funding

U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsVA Health Systems Research CIN 13-413VA Office of Rural HealthVA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative EBP22-103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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rural hiring incentivesveteransveterans health administrationworkforce

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PMID42569850
PMCPMC13452061

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