Publications by authors named "Peter A Taber"
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- The study analyzed pneumonia diagnoses in patients admitted to U.S. Veterans Affairs medical centers from the emergency department from January 2015 to January 2022, focusing on discrepancies in initial, discharge, and radiographic diagnoses. !* -
- Out of 2,383,899 hospitalizations, about 13.3% were diagnosed with pneumonia, with a significant 57% experiencing discordance between initial and discharge diagnoses. !* -
- Findings indicated that uncertainty in diagnoses was common, especially in high-complexity hospitals, and that patients without an initial pneumonia diagnosis faced a higher 30-day mortality rate compared to those with consistent diagnoses. !*
Background: On April 23, 2014, US media outlets broadcast reports of excessive wait times and "secret" waitlists at some Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, precipitating legislation to increase Veterans' access to private sector health care.
Objective: The aims were to assess changes in Veterans' distrust in the VA health care system before and after the media coverage and explore sex and racial/ethnic differences in the temporal patterns.
Methods: Veterans completed semistructured interviews on health care satisfaction from June 2013 to January 2015, including a validated scale of health system distrust (range: 1-5).
Background: The 2014 Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (i.e., "Choice") allows eligible Veterans to receive covered health care outside the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System.
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