Veterans health administration patientsg' use of the private sector for coronary revascularization in New York: Opportunities to improve outcomes by directing care to high-performance Hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-526

  Weeks, William B ^a,b   Bott, David M ^c   Bazos, Dorothy A ^b   Campbell, Stacey L ^d   Lombardo, Rosemary ^e   Racz, Michael J ^e   Hannan, Edward L ^e   Wright, Steven M ^f   Fisher, Elliott S ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; VA Health Care System

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33745327450     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000215888.20004.5e     Document Type: Review

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