VA Hospital Compare
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has now collaborated with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to present information to consumers about the quality and safety of health care in VHA. VHA has approximately 50 percent of Veterans enrolled in the healthcare system who are eligible for Medicare and, therefore, have some choice in how and where they receive inpatient services. VHA has adopted healthcare transparency as a strategy to enhance public trust and to help Veterans make informed choices about their health care.VHA currently reports the following types of quality measures on Hospital Compare:Timely and effective care.Behavioral health.Readmissions and deaths.Patient safety.*Experience of care.
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Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P3M |
| bureauCode |
[ "029:15" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "VHA Open Data", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:vhaopendata@va.gov" } |
| description | <p>The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has now collaborated with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to present information to consumers about the quality and safety of health care in VHA. VHA has approximately 50 percent of Veterans enrolled in the healthcare system who are eligible for Medicare and, therefore, have some choice in how and where they receive inpatient services. VHA has adopted healthcare transparency as a strategy to enhance public trust and to help Veterans make informed choices about their health care.VHA currently reports the following types of quality measures on Hospital Compare:<em>Timely and effective care.</em>Behavioral health.<em>Readmissions and deaths.</em>Patient safety.*Experience of care.</p> |
| distribution |
[ { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Behavioral Health", "mediaType": "text/html", "downloadURL": "https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/behavioral-health.html" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Experience of Care", "mediaType": "text/html", "downloadURL": "https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/experience-of-care.html" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Patient Safety Indicators", "mediaType": "text/html", "downloadURL": "https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/patient-safety-indicators.html" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Readmissions and Deaths", "mediaType": "text/html", "downloadURL": "https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/readmissions-and-deaths.html" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Timely and Effective Care", "mediaType": "text/html", "downloadURL": "https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/timely-and-effective-care.html" } ] |
| identifier | VA-VHA-OIA-020 |
| issued | 2019-09-12 |
| keyword |
[ "caregiver", "chf", "congestive heart failure", "doctor", "family", "health", "heart attack", "hospital", "mortality", "outcome measures", "pneumonia", "readmissions", "surgical care", "va", "va medical center", "vamc", "veteran", "veterans affairs", "vha" ] |
| landingPage | https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/main.html |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-08-12 |
| programCode |
[ "029:040" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Department of Veterans Affairs", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| references |
[ "https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/VAData/main.html" ] |
| temporal | 2008-07-01T04:00:00Z/2012-09-30T04:00:00Z |
| title | VA Hospital Compare |
