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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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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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Effects of Implementation of a Supervised Walking Program in Veterans Affairs Hospitals

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND In trials, hospital walking programs have been shown to improve functional ability after discharge, but little evidence exists about their effectiveness under routine practice conditions. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of implementation of
S. Hastings, K. Stechuchak, A. Choate, C. V. Van Houtven, K. Allen, V. Wang, C. Colón-Emeric, G. Jackson, T. Damush, Cassie Meyer, Caitlin B. Kappler, H. Hoenig, N. Sperber, C. Coffman   +13 more
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Association of Intensive Care Unit Patient Load and Demand With Mortality Rates in US Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Network Open, 2021
This cohort study examines the association of patient caseload and demand with mortality among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in US Veterans Affairs (VA) intensive care units.
D. Bravata, A. Perkins, L. Myers, G. Arling, Ying Zhang, A. Zillich, L. Reese, Andrew T. Dysangco, R. Agarwal, Jennifer Myers, Charles Austin, Ali Sexson, Samuel J. Leonard, Sharmistha Dev, S. Keyhani   +14 more
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Mortality among US veterans after emergency visits to Veterans Affairs and other hospitals: retrospective cohort study

British medical journal, 2022
Objective To measure and compare mortality outcomes between dually eligible veterans transported by ambulance to a Veterans Affairs hospital and those transported to a non-Veterans Affairs hospital.
David C Chan, Kaveh Danesh, S. Costantini, David Card, Lowell Taylor, D. Studdert   +5 more
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Health Care Access Expansions and Use of Veterans Affairs and Other Hospitals by Veterans

JAMA Health Forum, 2022
This cohort study examines changes in the use of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA hospitals by VA enrollees and mortality associated with these policies.
Jean Yoon, K. Kizer, Michael K. Ong, Yue Zhang, Megan E. Vanneman, Adam Chow, C. Phibbs   +6 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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Association Between Contact Precautions and Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Veterans Affairs Hospitals

JAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question Are contact precautions for pathogen transmission associated with reductions in person-to-person transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in US Veterans Affairs (VA) acute care hospitals?
K. Khader, Alun Thomas, V. Stevens, L. Visnovsky, M. Nevers, D. Toth, L. Keegan, Makoto L. Jones, M. Rubin, M. Samore   +9 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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