title: The Veterans Administration's resource allocation system.
abstract: This article is designed to provide a description of the Veterans Administration's resource allocation system: an acute care, DRG case mix-based model; a long-term care, resource utilization group (RUG-II) model; and an ambulatory care, capitalization system. Nursing issues regarding resource allocation are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000191:economics; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics; D002017:Budgets; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs