Outcomes of Care for Ischemic Heart Disease and Chronic Heart Failure in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates a nationwide system of hospitals and hospital-affiliated clinics, providing health care to more than 2 million veterans with cardiovascular disease. While data permitting hospital comparisons of the outcomes of acute cardiovascular care (eg, myocardial infarction) are publicly available, little is known about variation across VA medical centers (VAMCs) in outcomes of care for populations of patients with chronic, high-risk cardiovascular conditions.

Objective

To determine whether there are substantial differences in cardiovascular outcomes across VAMCs.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study comprising 138 VA hospitals and each hospital's affiliated outpatient clinics. Patients were iden

SUBMITTER: Groeneveld PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145661 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature