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We examined the impact of the pandemic on clinics participating in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) program, rolled out nationally in October 2019, to improve access to care at under-resourced VA clinics or \u201cspoke\u201d sites through telehealth services delivered by regional \u201chub\u201d sites.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>To assess whether the CRH program was associated with increased access to primary care, we compared use of primary, emergency, and inpatient care at sites that adopted CRH for primary care (CRH-PC) with sites that did not adopt CRH-PC, pre-post pandemic onset.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Difference-in-difference and event study analyses, adjusting for site characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Study Cohort<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 1050 sites (254 CRH-PC sites; 796 comparison sites), fiscal years (FY) 2019\u20132021.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Intervention<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>CRH Program for Primary Care.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Main Measures<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Quarterly number of VA visits per site for primary care (across all and by modality, in-person, video, and phone), emergency care, and inpatient care.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In adjusted analyses, CRH-PC sites, compared with non-CRH-PC sites, had on average 221 additional primary care visits (a volume increase of 3.4% compared to pre-pandemic). By <jats:italic>modality<\/jats:italic>, CRH-PC sites had 643 fewer in-person visits post-pandemic (\u2212\u200914.4%) but 723 and 128 more phone and video visits (+\u200939.9% and\u2009+\u2009159.5%), respectively. CRH-PC sites, compared with non-CRH-PC sites, had fewer VA ED visits (\u2212\u20094.2%) and hospital stays (\u2212\u20095.1%) in VA medical centers. 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