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PHOENIX (AP) — About 2.8 percent of medical appointments completed at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities from August to February failed to meet the health system's timeliness goal, which calls for patients to be seen within 30 days.
Here's a look at how Arizona VA centers fared from September to February, when facility-level data became available. Below each facility are the total appointments completed during that period, followed by percentage of appointments that were delayed at least 31 days.
1. Anthem VA Clinic
2,507
0.08%
2. Carl T. Hayden VA
250,520
5.7%
3. Casa Grande VA Clinic
10,258
1.6%
4. Cottonwood VA Clinic
4,615
10.05%
5. Flagstaff VA Clinic
3,058
2.16%
6. Globe VA Clinic
1,791
.6%
7. Green Valley VA Clinic
2,925
1%
8. Kingman VA Clinic
6,433
3%
9. Lake Havasu City VA Clinic
6,987
1.6%
10. Northern Arizona VA-Prescott
66,670
3.7%
11. Northwest Tucson VA Clinic
10,947
2.3%
12. Payson VA Clinic
1,408
1.7%
13. Safford
1,679
2.6%
14. Show Low VA Clinic
5,102
3.9%
15. Sierra Vista VA Clinic
12,321
1.3%
16. Southeast Tucson VA Clinic
9,365
3.2%
17. Southeast VA Clinic
37,554
5.3%
18. Southern Arizona VA-Tucson
157,832
2.4%
19. Sun City VA Clinic
26,694
4.2%
20. Thunderbird VA Clinic
9,314
2.4%
21. Yuma VA Clinic
10,337
2.2%
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