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HSR Commentary: Linking VA and Non‐ VA Data to Address Important US Veteran Health Services Research Issues
Author(s) -
Hynes Denise M.,
Maciejewski Matthew L.,
Atkins David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health services research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.706
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1475-6773
pISSN - 0017-9124
DOI - 10.1111/1475-6773.13081
Subject(s) - linkage (software) , health care , medicine , computer science , political science , biochemistry , chemistry , law , gene
Objective This commentary summarizes the methods and topics addressed in the special issue of HSR focused on linkage of United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and non‐VA datasets. The issue illustrates that researchers are increasingly linking diverse datasets as a valuable method for obtaining outcomes, treatments, and covariates to evaluate and examine health care delivery that includes non‐VA services. The issue serves as a reference to VA and non‐VA investigators alike who employ data linkage methods to address high‐impact clinical and health policy evaluations that span different care systems and different datasets.