Reducing avoidable deaths among veterans: Directing private-sector surgical care to high-performance hospitals

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2186-2192

  Weeks, William B ^a,b   West, Alan N ^a   Wallace, Amy E ^a,b   Lee, Richard E ^a   Goodman, David C ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^a,c   Bagian, James P ^d,e  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VETERAN; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; GOVERNMENT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 38449085648     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.115337     Document Type: Article

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