We used administrative data to examine several of these events to address four related questions: First, when Veterans receive a notification about personal exposure from a LSAE, including instructions to get tested for a possible infection, do they obtain follow-up testing?
Here we see strong and consistent results suggesting that Veterans who received a notification were more likely to hold off from getting ambulatory surgery at VA, as notification was associated with significantly lower odds of obtaining ambulatory surgery in VA.
Among Veterans over age 65 years, notification was associated with increased odds of using a Medicare provider for outpatient care.
3 19 Assuming Veterans share these preferences, VHA's policy on LSAE notification is appropriate and the next step is to determine the optimal patient-centred communication strategies for disclosing the event.
Few differences between African-American and white Veterans were observed in patterns of healthcare utilisation associated with the notification.
Notification was associated with a decrease in VA services for Veterans over age 65 years and an increase in Medicare services.
The officer, a 15-year veteran whose name was not released last night pending his family's notification, did not show up for work at the 30th Precinct station house on West 151st Street yesterday morning, law enforcement officials said.
Finally, are Veterans over age 65 years and covered by Medicare more likely to switch to a non-VA provider after notification?
veterans Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz.
