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Community-Based Surgery and Postoperative Survival Among Veterans Affairs Enrollees

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.28167

August 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this cohort study, veterans who underwent surgery at community care vs VA facilities had significantly decreased survival times at 30, 90, and 365 days after CEA and CCY and similar survival times after THA and TKA. The reasons for these survival differences deserve further study.

Corresponding Author: Vadim M. Shteyler, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, Box 0111, San Francisco, CA 94143 (Vadim.Shteyler@ucsf.edu).

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