2014 Veterans Health Administration controversy
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2014-veterans-health-administration-controversy-169-4630344
title:
2014 Veterans Health Administration controversy
text:
The 2014 Veterans Health Administration controversy is a reported pattern of negligence in the treatment of United States military veterans. Critics charged that patients at the VHA hospitals had not met the target of getting an appointment within 14 days. In some hospitals, the staff falsified appointment records to appear to meet the 14-day target. Some patients died while they were on the waiting list. Defenders agreed that it was unacceptable to falsify data, but the 14-day target was unreal
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description:
Reported pattern of negligence in the treatment of United States military veterans
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Veterans_Health_Administration_controversy
date created:
2014-05-31T07:25:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T10:56:48Z
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