{"id":12615,"date":"2019-02-08T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12615"},"modified":"2019-02-08T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:37:21","slug":"va-hospitals-report-lower-death-rates-than-non-va-facilities-usa-today-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12615","title":{"rendered":"VA hospitals report lower death rates than non-VA facilities, USA Today finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Knowles for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>As of June 30, most VA hospitals reported lower death\u00a0rates than non-VA facilities, according to a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/in-depth\/news\/investigations\/2019\/02\/07\/where-every-va-hospital-lags-leads-other-care\/2511739002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a><\/em>\u00a0analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis looked at how 146 VA medical centers compare to\u00a0other healthcare facilities\u00a0using a variety of factors.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/quality\/va-hospitals-report-lower-death-rates-than-non-va-facilities-usa-today-finds.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vietnam-M-e1460577484381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2586\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vietnam-M-e1460577484381-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Knowles for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) As of June 30, most VA hospitals reported lower death\u00a0rates than non-VA facilities, according<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12616,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615\/revisions\/12616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}