Background. Homelessness is associated with high rates of hospitalizations and age-
adjusted mortality. Few studies have examined whether homeless people are admitted to …

OBJECTIVES To evaluate utilization of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy among
patients with stage II or III colon cancer and stage II/III rectal or rectosigmoid cancer, as …

Background Many elderly patients with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) do not receive
thrombolysis within 30 minutes of hospital arrival as recommended by the American College …

Background—Because of the health impact of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), substantial
resources have been dedicated to improving AMI care and outcomes. Long-term trends in …

Objective. To compare process of care and outcome after acute myocardial infarction, for
patients with and without mental illness, cared for in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) …

Study objective: Measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL) correlate with disease
stage in persons with COPD. However, as their predictive capacity for mortality or medical …

Background: Although Medicare claims data have been increasingly used to examine the
patterns and outcomes of cancer chemotherapy, their external validity has not been well …

PURPOSE: To determine the extent to which Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) database
vital status information agrees with Washington state death certificates. METHODS: Using …

Objectives: To evaluate the association between alcohol screening results and health status
or mortality in elderly patients. Design: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal cohort studies …

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 …