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Do discharge delays explain longer stays at veterans health administration hospitals? [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Discharge delays are difficult to quantify without standardized indicators for when patients are medically ready for discharge. We aimed to estimate the proportion of increased hospital length of stay attributable to discharge delays, as ...
Brian P. Lucas, Daniel M. Weinberger, Anita A. Vashi, Jeremy Smith, Caroline Korves, Amy C. Justice, Britta I. Neugaard, Louise Davies   +7 more
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Outcomes of Veterans Treated in Veterans Affairs Hospitals vs Non–Veterans Affairs Hospitals

JAMA Network Open, 2023
ImportanceMany veterans enrolled in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system have access to non-VA care through insurance and VA-purchased community care. Prior comparisons of VA and non-VA hospital outcomes have been limited to subpopulations.ObjectiveTo compare outcomes for 6 acute conditions in VA and non-VA hospitals for younger and older ...
Yoon, Jean, Phibbs, Ciaran S., Ong, Michael K., Vanneman, Megan E., Chow, Adam, Redd, Andrew, Kizer, Kenneth W., Dizon, Matthew P., Wong, Emily, Zhang, Yue   +9 more
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Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 is Associated With Cardiovascular Risk in Persons With Coronary Artery Calcium Score of Zero

Pathogens and Immunity, 2021
Background: A coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero confers a low but nonzero risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events (CVD) in asymptomatic patient populations, and additional risk stratification is needed to guide preventive interventions ...
Tony Dong, Graham Bevan, David Zidar, Miguel Cainzos Achirica, Khurram Nasir, Imran Rashid, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Sadeer Al-Kindi   +7 more
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Development and implementation of a Telenephrology dashboard for active surveillance of kidney disease: a quality improvement project

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Kidney disease accounts for more than 49 billion dollars in healthcare expenditures annually. Early detection and intervention may reduce the burden of disease.
Melissa L. Swee, M. Lee Sanders, Kantima Phisitkul, George Bailey, Angie Thumann, Nikki Neuzil, Bharat Kumar, Amy M. J. O’Shea, Bradley S. Dixon   +8 more
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Hospital and Patient Factors Affecting Veterans’ Hospital Choice

Medical Care Research and Review, 2023
Veterans enrolled in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system gained greater access to non-VA care beginning in 2014. We examined hospital and Veteran characteristics associated with hospital choice. We conducted a longitudinal study of elective hospitalizations 2011 to 2017 in 11 states and modeled patients’ choice of VA hospital, large non-VA ...
Jean Yoon, Michael K. Ong, Megan E. Vanneman, Yue Zhang, Matthew P. Dizon, Ciaran S. Phibbs   +5 more
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Teaching hospital alternatives for Veterans Health Administration facilities: A Google Maps proximity study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) serves more than 9 million enrolled Veterans each year. Although most of the care that the VHA sponsors is delivered within its own facilities, there has been a call for "privatizing" some or all of ...
Joseph Bernstein, Loren Mead
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Estimating the Cost of Surgical Care Purchased in the Community by the Veterans Health Administration

MDM Policy & Practice, 2021
Background. Veterans’ access to Veterans Affairs (VA)-purchased community care expanded due to large increases in funding provided in the 2014 Veterans Choice Act. Objectives.
Todd H. Wagner, Jeanie Lo, Erin Beilstein-Wedel, Megan E. Vanneman, Michael Shwartz, Amy K. Rosen   +5 more
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We’ll take it from here: Veterans Affairs OPAT management of home IV therapy initiated at community hospitals

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
An outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy team from a Veterans Affairs facility managed patients discharged from their own facility and neighboring community hospitals.
Allison R. Tiemann, Jessica M. Guastadisegni, Marcus A. Kouma, Kevin C. Kelly, Reuben J. Arasaratnam, Donald F. Storey   +5 more
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Correlation between resilience and cognitive functioning in veterans with traumatic brain injury

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2023
Resilience in veterans with brain trauma in remote period has received considerable attention over the past years. Cognitive functioning is described among factors that may influence resilience and included in the modern theoretical models of this ...
D.O. Assonov
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Data of unhealthy food availability in hospitals

Data in Brief, 2018
In our manuscript, we present the food choices available at vending machines in government-run Veterans Affairs Hospitals. The data in this article includes both a quantification of the beverages and packages foods available, along with a comparison of ...
Colin E. Champ, Nick A. Iarrobino, Christopher P. Haskins   +2 more
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