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2017•JAMA Internal MedicineOpen access

Initial Public Reporting of Quality at Veterans Affairs vs Non–Veterans Affairs Hospitals

Eddie Blay, John Oliver DeLancey, Daniel Brock Hewitt, Jeanette W. Chung, Karl Y. Bilimoria

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Initial Public Reporting of Quality at Veterans Affairs vs Non-Veterans Affairs HospitalsRecently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced the inclusion of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital performance data on its Hospital Compare website. 1 Prior to this release, comparisons of quality at VA vs non-VA hospitals were inconclusive and had methodological limitations.2,3 Given longstanding concerns about care at VA hospitals, 4 our objective was to compare available outcome, patient experience, and behavioral health measures between VA and non-VA hospitals.

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Initial Public Reporting of Quality at Veterans Affairs vs Non-Veterans Affairs HospitalsRecently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced the inclusion of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital performance data on its Hospital Compare website. 1 Prior to this release, comparisons of quality at VA vs non-VA hospitals were inconclusive and had methodological limitations.2,3 Given longstanding concerns about care at VA hospitals, 4 our objective was to compare available outcome, patient experience, and behavioral health measures between VA and non-VA hospitals.

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Initial Public Reporting of Quality at Veterans Affairs vs Non-Veterans Affairs HospitalsRecently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced the inclusion of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital performance data on its Hospital Compare website. 1 Prior to this release, comparisons of quality at VA vs non-VA hospitals were inconclusive and had methodological limitations.2,3 Given longstanding concerns about care at VA hospitals, 4 our objective was to compare available outcome, patient experience, and behavioral health measures between VA and non-VA hospitals.

Key concepts: Veterans Affairs, Medicine, Quality (philosophy), Family medicine, Internal medicine, Philosophy, Epistemology

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