OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether a surgeon's case volume is related to route of
hysterectomy and short-term morbidity. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study collecting …

Context: Unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge is an indicator of hospital
quality. Purpose: We wanted to determine whether older rural veterans who were enrolled in …

The Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside
Networks Act of 2018 removes barriers to veterans' access to community-based health care …

Context: Several classification systems exist for defining rural areas, which may lead to
different interpretations of rural health services data. Purpose: To compare rural …

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

A VA Exit Strategy | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England
Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced Search SEARCH SPECIALTIES Cardiology Clinical …

Comparing younger veterans' elective percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary
artery bypass grafts performed in Veterans Affairs medical centers (VAMCs) with those …

1. Sarosiek S, Rybin D, Weinberg J, Burke PA, Kasotakis G, Sloan JM. Association between
inferior vena cava filter insertion in trauma patients and in-hospital and overall mortality …

The Defense Health Board DHB is pleased to submit its report summarizing the findings and
recommendations from its independent review of Low-Volume High-Risk Surgical …

Abstract Objective: The Physician Risk Estimation of Operative Time (PREOpT) project is an
effort to identify patient characteristics associated with prolonged operative time in patients …