Preimplementation Evaluation of a Self-Directed Care Program in a Veterans Health Administration Regional Network: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Pranjal Tyagi   ¹ , BSc ;   Erin D Bouldin   ² , BS, MPH, PhD ;   Wendy A Hathaway   ³ , MA ;   Derek D'Arcy   ⁴ , MPH ;   Samer Zacharia Nasr   ⁵ , MD ;   Orna Intrator   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Stuti Dang   ⁸ , MPH, MD

¹ South Florida Veteran Affairs Foundation for Research & Education, Miami, FL, United States

² Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Eccles School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

³ Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, United States

⁴ Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Canandaigua, NY, United States

⁵ VISN 8 Network Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

⁶ Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States

⁷ Geriatrics and Extended Care Data Analysis Center, Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, United States

⁸ Miami VA GRECC, Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL, United States