US veterans hospitals picking their patients to lift quality ratings
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Roseburg, Oregon
AN 81-year-old veteran hobbled into the emergency room at the rural Veterans Affairs hospital here in December, malnourished and dehydrated, his skin flecked with ulcers and his ribs broken from a fall at home.
A doctor examining the veteran - a 20-year Air Force mechanic named Walter Savage who had been living alone - decided that he was in no shape to care for himself and should be admitted to the hospital. A second doctor running the inpatient ward agreed.
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