Rating the VA hospitals

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Robbins RA¹ 

[1] Phoenix Pulmonary and Critical Care Research and Education Foundation, Gilbert, AZ USA;

关键词: Albuquerque;    Palo Alto;    Phoenix;    VA;    Veterans Administration;    compare VA hospitals;    metric;    quality;    rating;    star;   

DOI  :  10.13175/swjpcc138-16

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. USA Today is listing the star rating system for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers based on the quality of care. The website has a link that allows searches for individual medical centers. The ratings have been done for years but the VA has refused to release the ratings saying they are meant for internal use only. The top-rated hospitals received a 5 and the lowest a 1. According to the star ratings the best hospitals are in the Northeast and upper Midwest.In the Southwest the ratings are not so good with the top-rated hospital Palo Alto and the lowest a tie between Phoenix and Albuquerque (Table 1). Quality can be difficult to measure and it is not clear what metrics were used in the VA ratings. For this reason, the VA star ratings were compared to another hospital rating service Compare VA Hospitals (2). This scale uses …

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