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Veterans Administration (VA)
Notes:
- VA care is comparable to non-VA care for men >= 65 years hospitalized for myocardial infarction, heart failure or pneumonia [1]
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Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center (GRECC)
References
- Nuti SV, Qin L, Rumsfeld JS, Ross JS, et al.
Association of admission to Veterans Affairs hospitals vs
Non-Veterans Affairs hospitals with mortality and readmission
rates among older men hospitalized with acute myocardial
infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.
JAMA 2016 Feb 9; 315:582.
PMID: 26864412
- Jha AK.
Learning from the past to improve VA health care.
JAMA 2016 Feb 9; 315:560
PMID: 26864409