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VA health care : VA uses medical injury tort claims data to assess veterans' care, but should take action to ensure that these data are complete / [Randall B. Williamson].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Williamson, Randall B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Rules and practice--Evaluation.
- United States.
- Veterans--Medical care--United States.
- Veterans.
- Medical personnel--Malpractice--United States.
- Medical personnel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations
- Other Title:
- Va Health Care
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2011]
- Contents:
- Results in brief
- Background
- Tort claims are largely resolved through VA's administrative review rather than litigation
- VA requires review of paid tort claims to identify practitioners who rendered substandard care, but does not ensure that all paid claims are sent for review
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF caption (viewed on Oct. 31, 2011).
- "October 28, 2011."
- "GAO-12-6R."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 759121043
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