Studies from Diagnostica Stago Provide New Data on Healthcare Management (State-Level Variability in Veteran Reliance on Veterans Health…

Studies from Diagnostica Stago Provide New Data on Healthcare Management (State-Level Variability in Veteran Reliance on Veterans Health Administration and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations: A Geospatial Analysis)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- A new study on Health and Medicine - Healthcare Management is now available. According to news reporting originating from East Orange, New Jersey, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Most Veterans who use the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) also utilize private-sector health care providers. To better inform local and regional health care planning, we assessed the association between reliance on VHA ambulatory care and total and system-specific preventable hospitalization rates (PHRs) at the state level."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Diagnostica Stago, "We conducted a retrospective dynamic cohort study using Veterans with diabetes mellitus, aged 66 years or older, and dually enrolled in VHA and Medicare parts A and B from 2004 to 2010. While controlling for median age and proportion of males, we measured the association between reliance on VHA ambulatory care and PHRs at the state level using multivariable ordinary least square regression, geographically weighted regression, and generalized additive models. We measured geospatial patterns in PHRs using global Moran's I and univariate local indicator spatial analysis. Approximately 30% of hospitalized Veterans experienced a preventable hospitalization. Reliance on VHA ambulatory care at the state level ranged from 13.92% to 67.78% and was generally not associated with PHRs. Geospatial analysis consistently identified a cluster of western states with low PHRs from 2006 to 2010."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Given the generally low reliance on VHA ambulatory care and lack of association between this reliance and PHRs, policy changes to improve Veterans' health care outcomes should address private-sector care in addition to VHA care."

For more information on this research see: State-Level Variability in Veteran Reliance on Veterans Health Administration and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations: A Geospatial Analysis. Inquiry, 2018;55():46958018756216. Inquiry can be contacted at: Blue Cross Blue Shield Assoc, 150 East Main St, Rochester, NY 14647, USA (see also Health and Medicine - Healthcare Management).

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting D.A. Helmer, 1 War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veterans Affairs New Jersey Medical Center, East Orange, NJ, United States. Additional authors for this research include M. Rowneki, X. Feng, C.L. Tseng, D. Rose, O. Soroka, D. Fried, N. Jani, L.M. Pogach and U. Sambamoorthi.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018756216. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the journal Inquiry is: Blue Cross Blue Shield Assoc, 150 East Main St, Rochester, NY 14647, USA.

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