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Volume 198, Issue 5 , Pages 600-606 , November 2009

Elective surgical case cancellation in the Veterans Health Administration system: identifying areas for improvement

Joshua L. Argo, M.D., M.S.P.H.
- Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions, Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave. South, KB 428, Birmingham, AL 35294-0016, USA
Catherine C. Vick, M.S.
- Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions, Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave. South, KB 428, Birmingham, AL 35294-0016, USA
Laura A. Graham, M.P.H.
- Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions, Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
Kamal M.F. Itani, M.D.
- Department of Surgery, VA Boston Health Care System, West Roxbury, MA, USA
- Department of Surgery, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Michael J. Bishop, M.D.
- Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC, USA
- Puget Sound VA Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Mary T. Hawn, M.D., M.P.H.
- Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions, Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave. South, KB 428, Birmingham, AL 35294-0016, USA
- Corresponding author: Tel.: +1-205-975 1932; fax: +1-205-996 4959