Key result
Benchmarking 138 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers using survey data from 39,939 patients identified wide variation in preventive service delivery, distinguishing high and low adherence facilities.
Cross-Sectional (n=39,939)
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VAMCs show wide variation in the delivery of preventive services, allowing identification of consistently high and low performing facilities to improve guideline implementation.
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Wide variation in VAMC preventive services supports benchmarking for quality efforts; hypothesis-generating for modifiable facility factors.
Doebbeling et al. (2002) conducted a cross-sectional in Ambulatory care patients (n=39,939). Delivery of evidence-based clinical preventive services vs. Consistently low adherence facilities was evaluated on Proportion appropriately receiving each preventive service within the recommended time interval. Benchmarking 138 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers using survey data from 39,939 patients identified wide variation in preventive service delivery, distinguishing high and low adherence facilities.
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