From the *VA Outcomes Group, Veterans Health Administration, White River Junction, Vermont; †Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire; ‡Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland; §Office of Quality and Performance, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island; ¶University at Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York; ∥New York State Department of Health, School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York; **Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York; ††Office of Quality and Performance, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC.
Supported by VA Health Services Research and Development Grants ACC 01-117-1 and REA 03-098.
Earlier versions of this work were presented at VHA's HSRD Annual Meeting in March 2004 (Washington, DC), at the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting in June, 2004 (San Francisco, CA), and at the International Health Economists’ Association Annual Meeting in July, 2005 (Barcelona, Spain).
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or of the United States government.
Reprints: William B. Weeks, MD, MBA, VAMC (11Q), WRJ, VT 05009. E-mail: [email protected]
