Mar 31 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Data Spur Changes In VA Care
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in November started posting online comparisons of the nation's 152 VA hospitals based on patient outcomes: essentially, how likely patients are to survive a visit without complications at one hospital compared with the rest (Burton, 3/29).
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