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Veterans Health Administration 2008 Hospital Report Card - Nosocomial Infections

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Veterans Affairs
Sub-Agency
Category	Health and Nutrition
Date Released	25-Mar-2008
Date Updated
Time Period	2007.0
Frequency	Annual
Description	Report to the Appropriations Committee of the United States House of Representatives in Response to Conference Committee Report to PL 110-186. In an effort to provide a snapshot of the quality of care provided at VA health care facilities, this report includes information about waiting times, staffing level, infection rates, surgical volumes, quality measures, patient satisfaction, service availability and complexity, accreditation status, and patient safety. The data in this report have been drawn from multiple sources across VHA. This dataset contains the data about Central Line Infections and Ventilator Associated Pnemonia. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	Quality of Care, Veterans, Healthcare, Satisfaction, Hospital Accreditation, Patient Safety
Unique ID	1206

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Hospital Report Card to the Appropriations Committee of the United States House of Representatives in Response to Conference Committee Report to PL 110-186
Agency Program Page	http://www1.va.gov/health/
Agency Data Series Page	http://www1.va.gov/health/docs/Hospital_Quality_Report.pdf

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Hosptial
Granularity
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	Administrative
Data Collection Instrument	http://www1.va.gov/health/docs/Hospital_Quality_Report.pdf
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www1.va.gov/health/docs/Hospital_Quality_Report.pdf

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www1.va.gov/health/docs/Hospital_Quality_Report.pdf
Additional Metadata

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