VA health care
Subtitle: VA uses medical injury tort claims data to assess veterans' care, but should take action to ensure that these data are complete
By: [Randall B. Williamson]
Contributors: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Rules and practice; Evaluation; Veterans; Medical care; Medical personnel; Malpractice; United States. Department of Veterans Affairs; United States
Other titles: Department of Veterans Affairs health care :; VA uses medical injury tort claims data to assess veterans' care, but should take action to ensure that these data are complete; VA use of tort claims data
Notes: Title from PDF caption (viewed on Oct. 31, 2011).

"October 28, 2011."

"GAO-12-6R."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Results in brief; title: Background; title: Tort claims are largely resolved through VA's administrative review rather than litigation; title: 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; title: Conclusions.