Why the study?
Accessible, standardized nationwide data at the level of the individual patient-facility-day were needed to study patient physiology throughout acute hospitalization.
Population
Acute hospitalizations at 141 VA hospitals across the nationwide VA healthcare system from 2014 to 2017
Design
Database development and methodology study
Authors
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Enables granular daily physiology research across VA hospitalizations; leaves open clinical adoption pending validation.
The VAPD 2014-2017 provides a large, standardized, nationwide dataset of granular patient-facility-day level data for studying inpatient physiology and outcomes.
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