Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients admitted to private sector hospitals for 5 common medical conditions

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-197

  Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b   Wakefield, Bonnie ^c   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Hospitals; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GOVERNMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34247889860     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860607300656     Document Type: Article

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