In 2022, 16.4 percent of U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) reported that there was not enough access to VA health care services and benefits, and another 15.6 percent mentioned that the VA was too far away. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a U.S. charity and veteran organization for veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. This statistic shows barriers to VA care as reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the WWP as of 2022.
Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022*
Characteristic
Percentage of survey respondents
There is not enough access to VA health care services and benefits
16.4%
The VA is too far away
15.6%
VA providers are not sensitive to my needs
14.7%
I don’t understand my benefits
12.3%
The VA hours are inconvenient
12.2%
I am embarrassed or afraid to seek mental health services
7.7%
I have no access to childcare
5.1%
I haven’t been provided with any information about VA health care
* Respondents were members of the Wounded Warrior Project and are veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001.
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WWP. (February 22, 2023). Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375303/barriers-to-va-care-reported-by-veterans-and-service-members-us/
WWP. "Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022*." Chart. February 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375303/barriers-to-va-care-reported-by-veterans-and-service-members-us/
WWP. (2023). Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375303/barriers-to-va-care-reported-by-veterans-and-service-members-us/
WWP. "Barriers to Va Care Reported by U.S. Veterans and Active Service Members of The Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375303/barriers-to-va-care-reported-by-veterans-and-service-members-us/
WWP, Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375303/barriers-to-va-care-reported-by-veterans-and-service-members-us/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022* [Graph], WWP, February 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1375303/barriers-to-va-care-reported-by-veterans-and-service-members-us/
