Reducing Avoidable Deaths Among Veterans: Directing Private-Sector Surgical Care to High-Performance Hospitals | Zendy

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Reducing Avoidable Deaths Among Veterans: Directing Private-Sector Surgical Care to High-Performance Hospitals

Author(s) -

William B. Weeks,

Alan N. West,

Amy E. Wallace,

Richard E. Lee,

David C. Goodman,

Justin B. Dimick,

James P. Bagian

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.115337

Subject(s) - medicine , private sector , public sector , health care , service (business) , population , medical emergency , emergency medicine , family medicine , environmental health , business , economy , marketing , economics , economic growth

We quantified older (65 years and older) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients' use of the private sector to obtain 14 surgical procedures and assessed the potential impact of directing that care to high-performance hospitals.

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