Objective: We sought to quantify Veterans Health Administration (VA) patients' utilization of
coronary revascularization in the private sector and to assess the potential impact of …

Objectives. 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 …

We wanted to determine what factors were associated with rural veterans' use of Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities over the private sector for coronary artery bypass grafting …

Objective. A limitation of studies comparing outcomes of Veterans Affairs (VA) and private
sector hospitals is uncertainty about the methods of accounting for risk factors in VA …

Importance The Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care (CC) Program supplements VA care
with community-based medical services. However, access gains and value provided by CC …

Little is known about the quality of care that veterans obtain in the private sector. To explore
this issue, we identified the hospital in which 4,008 veterans enrolled in the Veterans …

OBJECTIVE: To examine Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Medicare hospitalizations
for elderly veterans with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), their use of cardiac procedures in …

Objectives. To determine whether older Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care
enrollees obtain most high‐risk surgeries in non‐VA hospitals under Medicare, whether …

Context: In the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), regionalization of high‐technology
health care services may influence veterans who live far from referral centers to obtain care …

Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at
Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals | Journal of the American College of …