Mortality among US veterans after emergency visits to Veterans Affairs and other hospitals: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

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-Veterans Affairs hospital.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using data from medical charts and administrative files.

Setting

Emergency visits by ambulance to 140 Veteran Affairs and 2622 non-Veteran Affairs hospitals across 46 US states and the District of Columbia in 2001-18.

Participants

National cohort of 583 248 veterans (aged ≥65 years) enrolled in both the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare programs, who resided within 20 miles of at least one Veterans Affairs hospital and at least one non-Veterans Affairs hospital, in areas where ambulances regularly transported patients to b

SUBMITTER: Chan DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848127 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature