News Death rates, bedsores, ER wait times: Where every VA hospital lags or leads other medical care February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Donovan Slack and John Kelly and James Sergent, USA TODAY Comments Off on Death rates, bedsores, ER wait times: Where every VA hospital lags or leads other medical care A USA TODAY analysis of Veterans Affairs data provides the broadest picture of how each of 146 VA medical centers compares with non-VA care.