Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 History and Context; 5 3 Implementation; 6 4 Initial Results of the Integration Demonstration; 7 5 Lessons Learned from Other Federal and Private-Sector Collaborative Approaches to Health Care Services; 8 6 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations; 9 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff; 10 Appendix B: Framework for Evaluating Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Health Care Collaborations; 11 Appendix C: Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Joint Ventures: Brief Histories and Lessons Learned; 12 Appendix D: Collaboration Among Health Care Organizations: A Review of Outcomes and Best Practices for Effective Performance