alea-institute/kl3m-data-sample-004-shuffled huggingface dataset:
VA Diabetes Care Better than Commercial Managed Care 

Type 2 diabetes affects about 17 million people and contributes to more than 200,000 deaths 

each year in the United States. However, despite many cost-effective treatments diabetes care remains 

suboptimal. More than 800,000 patients with diabetes receive care through the VA healthcare system. 

This is the first study to compare the quality of diabetes care among patients in the VA and commercial 

managed care (CMC) organizations using comparable sampling, data collection, and quality 

measurement methods. Investigators in this study conducted a cross-sectional patient survey or 

interview, along with a retrospective review of medical records for patients who received care at one of 

five VA medical centers (N=1285), or from one of eight CMC organizations (N=6920). VA and CMC 

facilities were in five matched geographic regions. Quality of care measures were compared for 7 

diabetes processes of care (e.g., hemoglobin A1c test and eye exam), 3 diabetes intermediate outcomes 

(e.g., blood pressure and cholesterol control), and 4 dimensions of satisfaction (e.g., getting needed care, 

how well doctors communicate). Measures used to adjust for patient differences included demographic 

and clinical characteristics, as well as the number of doctor visits and the date of survey completion.

Data for this study was collected as part of the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) 

initiative – a collaborative effort to evaluate the quality of diabetes care in CMC organizations and in 

VA. 

Findings from this study show that VA patients had better scores than CMC patients on all 

assessed quality of care measures, including better annual hemoglobin A1C testing (93% for VA vs. 

83% for CMC), aspirin counseling (75% vs. 49%), eye exams (91% vs. 75%), and foot exams (98% vs. 

84%). VA patients also had better LDL control and were slightly more satisfied with the overall quality 

of diabetes care. These results suggest that a federally sponsored national healthcare organization can 

provide care that is equivalent to or better than that provided by high performing CMC plans. The 

authors of this study believe that if commercial plans are going to achieve the same high standards, they 

may need to make major parallel investments in multiple domains of clinical care structure, such as 

information technology, care integration, performance monitoring, and payment incentives. 

Kerr E, Gerzoff R, Krein S, Selby J, Piette J, et al. “A Comparison of Diabetes Care Quality in the Veterans 

Healthcare System and Commercial Managed Care.” Annals of Internal Medicine 2004;141(4)272-281. 

This study was partly funded by HSR&D, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

and the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases.
Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, John M. Ballbach, certify that:

1.     I
have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of VWR Funding, Inc.;

2.     Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:



5.     The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):



|/s/JOHN M. BALLBACH                                                                                  |  | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | 
|Name: John M. Ballbach
Title:Chairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerDated: November 13, 2007

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-6278

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

PAUL RAYMOND GREEN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District 

Judge. (8:09-cr-00230-AW-1; 8:10-cv-02749-AW)

Submitted: June 30, 2011 Decided: July 6, 2011

Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Paul Raymond Green, Appellant Pro Se. Jessica Dunsay Silver, 

Lisa J. Stark, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, 

DC, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
2

PER CURIAM:

Paul Raymond Green seeks to appeal the district 

court’s order dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 

(West Supp. 2010) motion. The order is not appealable unless a 

circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2006). A certificate of 

appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing of 

the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) 

(2006). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a 

prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that 

reasonable jurists would find that the district court’s 

assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong. 

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see Miller-El v. 

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denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must 

demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural ruling is 

debatable, and that the motion states a debatable claim of the 

denial of a constitutional right. Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85. 

Because Green failed to challenge on appeal the district court’s 

timeliness ruling, we conclude that he has not made the 

requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of 

appealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral 

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately 
3

presented in the materials before the court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process. 

DISMISSED
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1 District Judge of the Southern District of Texas, sitting by

designation.

**Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this

opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under

the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

For the Fifth Circuit

No. 96-20985

CLARK MALONE, Plaintiff-Appellant,

VERSUS

VINCENT METALS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

For the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division

( Civil Action No. H-94-4266 )

September 10, 1997

Before DeMOSS, DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL1, District

Judge.

PER CURIAM:**

Plaintiff-appellant, Clark Malone asserted claims of racial

discrimination in promotion, retaliation for engaging in a

protected activity, disparate discipline, racially hostile work

environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress

against his former employer, Vincent Metals, defendant-appellee.

Malone appeals the district court’s granting partial summary
judgment, final summary judgment, denying a Rule 56(f) motion for

continuance and granting a motion for leave to file a second motion
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for summary judgment.

We have carefully reviewed the briefs, the record excerpts,

the relevant portions of the record itself, and heard oral

arguments in this matter. As we find no reversible error, the

judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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