ArticleHealth services research2012
Location of cancer surgery for older veterans with cancer.
Article in Health services research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Lung and colorectal cancer treatment and outcomes in the Veterans Affairs health care system.Cancer management and research · 2015Review
- Geographic variation in cancer-related imaging: Veterans Affairs health care system versus Medicare.Annals of internal medicine · 2014Observational
- Racial disparities in cancer care in the Veterans Affairs health care system and the role of site of care.American journal of public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveMany veterans undergo cancer surgery outside of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). We assessed to what extent these patients obtained care in the VHA before surgery. DATA SOURCES: VHA-Medicare data, VHA administrative data, and Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry data. STUDY
designWe identified patients aged ≥65 years in the VHA-Medicare cohort who underwent lung or colon cancer resection outside the VHA and assessed VHA visits in the year before surgery. PRINCIPAL
findingsOver 60% of patients in the VHA-Medicare cohort who received lung or colon cancer surgeries outside the VHA did not receive any care in VHA before surgery.
conclusionsVeterans' receipt of major cancer surgery outside the VHA probably reflects usual private sector care among veterans who are infrequent VHA users.
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