Abstract: BACKGROUND: In July 2021, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a nationwide inhaler formulary change affecting approximately 260,000 veterans with chronic …
Abstract: Importance: Traditional risk prediction and risk adjustment models have focused on clinical characteristics, but accounting for social determinants of health (SDOH) and …
Abstract: Importance The association of COVID-19 infection with outpatient care utilization is unclear. Many studies reported population surveillance studies rather than comparing …
Abstract: Importance: Despite growing evidence of persistent problems after acute COVID-19, how long the excess mortality risk associated with COVID-19 persists is unknown. …
Abstract: The US Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system began reporting risk-adjusted mortality for intensive care (ICU) admissions in 2005. However, while the VA’s mortality …
Abstract: To study patient physiology throughout a period of acute hospitalization, we sought to create accessible, standardized nationwide data at the level of the individual …
Abstract: Hospital readmission is a key metric of hospital quality, such as for comparing Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals to private sector hospitals. To calculate readmission …