Veterans Affairs patient database (VAPD 2014–2017): building nationwide granular data for clinical discovery

Veterans Affairs patient database (VAPD 2014–2017): building nationwide granular data for clinical discovery

Abstract Background To study patient physiology throughout a period of acute hospitalization, we sought to create accessible, standardized nationwide data at the level of the individual patient-facility-day. This methodology paper summarizes the development, organization, and characteristics of the...

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Main Authors: Xiao Qing Wang, Brenda M. Vincent, Wyndy L. Wiitala, Kaitlyn A. Luginbill, Elizabeth M. Viglianti, Hallie C. Prescott, Theodore J. Iwashyna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Laboratory values
Healthcare database
Patient physiology
Electronic health records
Hospitalization, sepsis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0740-x

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