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Comparing measures of patient safety for inpatient care provided to veterans within and outside the VA system in New York.
February 27, 2008
Weeks WB, West AN, Rosen AK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(1):58-64.
Using AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), investigators discovered that male veterans received comparable care in both Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA facilities. The authors advocate for further research into the use of PSIs, particularly around whether they should be applied to a health care system, a geographically defined network, or an individual hospital.
