TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRosthetics procurement
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2012/07/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.7887
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 123
EP  - 123
VL  - 308
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Buerkle called a subcommittee hearing on May 16 to hear testimony on the VA's proposed changes to prosthetics procurement, which will transfer purchasing authority from prosthetics providers to contracting officers. The VA currently provides care to about 42 000 veterans with limb loss. Prosthetics costs at the VA have more than doubled in the past 5 years.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.7887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.7887
ER  -