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Chad Kessler1, Jennifer Chen, Curt Dill
1Departments of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois-Chicago, Jesse Brown VA Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Background:
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has reformed its emergency medical services.
Objectives:
This study updates an overview of emergency medicine within VHA.
Methods:
This is a cross-sectional survey of VHA medical facilities offering emergency medical care.
Results:
Sixty-eight percent (95/140) of facilities had emergency departments (EDs) only, 12% (16/140) had both ED and urgent care centers (UCCs), and 16% (23/140) had only UCCs. The mean (SD) ED/UCC census was 13 371 (7664). A mean (SD) of 53% (27%) of facility admissions were admitted through ED/UCCs. The median of all ED/UCC admissions admitted to intensive care unit level care was 11% (interquartile range, 7-16). Of physicians with any board certification, 16% (209/1331) of physicians had emergency medicine board certification.
Conclusions:
Emergency medical care is now available at most VHA facilities. The specialty of emergency medicine has an important but minority presence within clinical emergency medical care at VHA.
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