FACILITY-LEVEL VARIATION IN CARDIAC STRESS TEST UTILIZATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS: FINDINGS FROM THE VETERANS AFFAIRS NATIONAL DATABASE

Cardiac stress testing in diabetics has been a topic of much debate. We assessed facility-level variation in stress test utilization among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) with hopes of identifying mechanisms to curtail inefficiencies and improve care. We used 2013–2014 nationwide VA