Multiple system utilization and mortality for veterans with stroke

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-360

  Jia, Huanguang ^a,c   Zheng, Yu ^a,b   Reker, Dean M ^a,c,d   Cowper, Diane C ^a   Wu, Samuel S ^a,b   Vogel, W Bruce ^a,b   Young, Gail C ^a,e   Duncan, Pamela W ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Mortality; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 33846666947     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000254457.38901.fb     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Fisher ES, Welch HG. The future of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health care System. JAMA. 1995;273:651-655.
2. Fleming C, Fisher ES, Chang CH, Bubolz TA, Malenka DJ. Studying outcomes and hospital utilization in the elderly. The advantages of a merged data base for Medicare and Veterans Affairs hospitals. Med Care. 1992;30:377-391.
3. Hynes DM. Veterans' use of Medicare and VA health care services by VISN (abstract). Presentation at the 2002 Annual VA HSR&D Meeting. 2003.
4. Barnett MJ, Brooks JM, Hendel ME, Rosenthal GE. Population-based evaluation of variation in Medicare utilization by VAMC patients (abstract). Presentation at the 2002 Annual VA HSR&D Meeting; 2003.
5. Cowper DC, Manheim LM, Weaver FM, Pawlow AJ. Mix and match: VA and non-VA care for elderly veterans. VA Practitioner. 1993;10:41-44.
6. Stroupe KT, Hynes DM, Giobbie-Hurder A, Oddone EZ, Weinberger M, Reda DJ, Henderson WG. Patient satisfaction and use of VA versus non-VA health care services by veterans. Med Care. 2005;43:453-460.
7. Schlesinger M, Wetle T. Care of the elder veteran: New directions for change. Health Aff. 1986;5:59-71.
8. Wright SM, Petersen LA, Lamkin RP, Daley J. Increasing use of Medicare services by veterans with acute myocardial infarction. Med Care. 1999;37:529-537.
9. Wright SM, Daley J, Fisher ES, Thibault GE. Where do elderly veterans obtain care for acute myocardial infarction: Department of Veterans Affairs or Medicare? Health Serv Res. 1997;31:739-754.
10. Wright SM, Jackson SL, Lo S. Enrollment and utilization in Medicare among veterans age 65 (abstract). Presentation at the 20th Annual VA HSR&D Meeting; 2002.
11. Yano EM, Kominski G, Rubenstein LV. Characteristics associated with obtaining care outside the VA (abstract). Presentation at the 13th Annual VA HSR&D Meeting; 1995.
12. Borowsky SJ, Cowper DC. Dual use of VA and non-VA primary care. J Gen Intern Med. 1999;14:274-280.
13. Reker DM, Hamilton BB, Duncan PW, Yeh SC, Rosen A. Stroke: Who's counting what? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2001;38:281-289.
14. Boyle CA, Decoufle P. National sources of vital status information: Extent of coverage and possible selectivity in reporting. Am J Epidemiol. 1990;131:160-168.
15. Page WF, Braun MM, Caporaso NE. Ascertainment of mortality in the U.S. veteran population: World War II veteran twins. Mil Med. 1995;160:351-355.
16. Cowper DC, Kubal JD, Maynard C, Hynes DM. A primer and comparative review of major us mortality databases. Ann Epidemiol. 2002;12:462-468.
17. Sohn MW, Arnold N, Maynard C, Hynes DM. Accuracy and completeness of mortality data in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Popul Health Metr. 2006;4:2.
18. Lorenz KA, Asch SM, Yano EM, Wang M, Rubenstein LV. Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment. Popul Health Metr. 2005;3:2.
19. Hemphill III JC, Newman J, Zhao S, Johnston SC. Hospital usage of early do-not-resuscitate orders and outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2004;35:1130-1134.
20. Horner RD, Sloane RJ, Kahn KL. Is use of mechanical ventilation a reasonable proxy indicator for coma among Medicare patients hospitalized for acute stroke? Health Serv Res. 1998;32:841-859.
21. Reker DM, Rosen AK, Hoenig H, Berlowitz DR, Laughlin J, Anderson L, Marshall CR, Rittman M. The hazards of stroke case selection using administrative data. Med Care. 2002;40:96-104.
22. Deyo RA, Cherkin DC, Ciol MA. Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992;45:613-619.
23. Shen Y, Hendricks A, Zhang S, Kazis LE. VHA enrollees' health care coverage and use of care. Med Care Res Rev. 2003;60:253-267.