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Mortality among US veterans after emergency visits to Veterans Affairs and other hospitals: retrospective cohort study [PDF]

British medical journal, 2022
ObjectiveTo 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.DesignRetrospective cohort study using data from medical ...
Card, David, Chan, David C, Costantini, Sydney, Danesh, Kaveh, Studdert, David M, Taylor, Lowell   +5 more
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Does Inclusion of Stroke Severity in a 30-day Mortality Model Change Standardized Mortality Rates at VA Hospitals? [PDF]

Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2012
Background—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is considering developing a 30-day ischemic stroke hospital-level mortality model using administrative data. We examined whether inclusion of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS),
Arling, Greg, Bravata, Dawn M., Cheng, Eric M., Keyhani, Salomeh, Li, Xinli, Myers, Laura J., Ofner, Susan, Ordin, Diana L., Phipps, Michael S., Williams, Linda S.   +9 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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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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Admissions to Veterans Affairs Hospitals for Emergency Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Author Contributions: Drs Degesys and Wang had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Concept and design: All authors.
Aaron Baum, M. Schwartz
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Temporal Trends and Hospital Variation in Time-to-Antibiotics Among Veterans Hospitalized With Sepsis

JAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question How has timing of antibiotics for sepsis changed over time in US Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals? Findings In this cohort of 111 385 veterans hospitalized with sepsis from 2013 to 2018, median time to antibiotics declined by ...
Max T. Wayne, S. Seelye, D. Molling, X. Q. Wang, John P. Donnelly, C. Hogan, Makoto Jones, T. Iwashyna, Vincent X Liu, H. Prescott   +9 more
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Comparing Veterans Affairs and Private Sector Perioperative Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery.

JAMA Surgery, 2021
Importance Recent legislation facilitates veterans' ability to receive non-Veterans Affairs (VA) surgical care. However, contemporary data comparing the quality and safety of VA and non-VA surgical care are lacking.
Elizabeth L. George, N. Massarweh, A. Youk, K. Reitz, Myrick C. Shinall, Rui Chen, A. Trickey, Patrick R. Varley, J. Johanning, P. Shireman, S. Arya, Daniel E. Hall   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Increasing enrolment in a national VA transitions of care programme: a pre–post evaluation of a data dashboard and nudge-based intervention

BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2021
Background The rural transitions nurse programme (TNP) is a care coordination intervention for high-risk veterans. An interactive dashboard was used to provide real-time performance metrics to sites as an audit and feedback tool.
Heather Gilmartin, Chelsea Leonard, David Gaskin, Brigid Connelly, Theodore Warsavage   +4 more
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Neurohormones in Vasovagal Syncope: Are They Important?

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
See Article Torabi et ...
Noah N. Williford, Mark W. Chapleau, Brian Olshansky   +2 more
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Comparison of Accessibility, Cost, and Quality of Elective Coronary Revascularization Between Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals

JAMA cardiology, 2018
Importance The Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care (CC) Program supplements VA care with community-based medical services. However, access gains and value provided by CC have not been well described.
P. Barnett, Juliette Hong, Evan Carey, G. Grunwald, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, T. Maddox   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source