Abstract Background The Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system aims to provide high-
quality medical care to veterans in the USA, but the quality of VA care has recently drawn the …

Background: Adoption of a common data model across health systems is a key infrastructure
requirement to allow large scale distributed comparative effectiveness analyses. There are a …

Objective To measure and compare mortality outcomes between dually eligible veterans
transported by ambulance to a Veterans Affairs hospital and those transported to a non …

Objective: To assess the accuracy of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision,
and Current Procedural Terminology codes for identifying cardiovascular (CV) events …

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

Mrs. J was an 85 year old woman with multiple medical problems including dementia,
coronary artery disease, kidney failure, and vascular disease who was admitted to the …

Previously, it was unknown if 100% service-connected US veterans have a diminished
mortality. However, it is widely documented that this patient population experiences worse …

Objective: Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for both men and women in the
United States, and the rate of cardiovascular disease in veterans is even higher than in …

Importance Participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs at Veterans Affairs (VA)
facilities is low. Most veterans receive CR through purchased care at non-VA programs …

Background: Studies of the civilian population with left main coronary artery disease
(LMCAD) who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have shown 2% to 4.2 …