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2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Report - Infrastructure

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Veterans Affairs
Sub-Agency
Category	Health and Nutrition
Date Released	01-Dec-2009
Date Updated	01-Dec-2009
Time Period	2008.0
Frequency	Annual
Description	The 2008 Hospital Report Card was mandated by the FY08 Appropriations Act, and focused on Congressionally-mandated metrics applicable to general patient populations. The 2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Repor report, not required by Congress, shifts to Veteran-centered metrics, and includes information related to infrastructure, care provided in outpatient and hospital settings, quality of care within given patient populations, accreditation status, patient satisfaction and patient outcomes for FY2008. The data in this report have been compiled from multiple sources throughout VHA. This dataset is a compilation of available services within each medical center, whether a medical center is accreditated by Joint commission and/or CARF and details the number of admissions by bed section, admissions per 1000 uniques, and average length of stay by bed sections. Total number of outpatient visits, number of unique patients and the medical center staffing. (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	1287

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	2009 VHA Facility Quality and Safety Report
Agency Program Page	http://www1.va.gov/health/
Agency Data Series Page	http://www1.va.gov/health/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Facility
Granularity	City
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	Administrative
Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/Datagov/DataGov_VHA_FY09_Hospital_Infrastructure_Data_Elements.doc

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/Datagov/DataGov_VHA_FY09_Hospital_Final_Report.pdf
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