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Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system

Addiction
AbstractBackground and AimsWith an epidemic of drug overdoses, contemporary research is needed to examine drug overdose deaths among homeless populations. This study measured rates, types and correlates of drug overdose deaths occurring over a 5‐year study period among veterans experiencing homelessness (VEH) and non‐homeless veterans (NHV) in the US ...
Jack Tsai, Dorota Szymkowiak, Hind A. Beydoun   +2 more
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Sensitivity and specificity of traumatic brain injury diagnosis codes in United States Department of Veterans Affairs administrative data

Brain Injury, 2013
To examine the validity of using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnosis codes from United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data to describe prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among military veterans.VA clinicians complete a standardized TBI evaluation to determine whether veterans' deployment exposures resulted in ...
Kathleen F, Carlson, Joan E, Barnes, Emily M, Hagel, Brent C, Taylor, David X, Cifu, Nina A, Sayer   +5 more
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How Should We Organize Care for Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Comorbidities? A Multisite Qualitative Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Medical Care, 2021
Background: With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) now managed as a chronic disease, health care has had to change and expand to include management of other critical comorbidities. We sought to understand how variation in the organization, structure and processes of HIV and comorbidity care, based on patient-centered medical ...
Barbara G, Bokhour, Rendelle E, Bolton, Steven M, Asch, Kelly, Dvorin, Gemmae M, Fix, Allen L, Gifford, Justeen K, Hyde, D Keith, McInnes, Victoria A, Parker, Kelly, Richardson, Avy A, Skolnik, Mary S, Vaughan-Sarrazin, Juliet, Wu, Michael E, Ohl   +13 more
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Representation in clinical trials sponsored by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal of Public Health
Abstract Background This study was conducted to determine whether demographic representation among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-sponsored trials differs from trials without VA sponsorship, with reference to VA patient demographics. Methods
Gabriela T Gomez, Brandon E Turner, Jecca R Steinberg, Miranda B Lam, Sherry M Wren   +4 more
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutational Testing and Erlotinib Treatment Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung Cancer in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Clinical Lung Cancer, 2017
We examined mutational testing of the epidermal growth factor gene (EGFR) and erlotinib treatment among veterans diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Our objectives were to identify the prevalence of clinically actionable EGFR mutations, to determine whether testing and treatment were ...
Julie A, Lynch, Brygida, Berse, Danielle, Chun, Donna, Rivera, Kelly K, Filipski, Scott, Kulich, Benjamin, Viernes, Scott L, DuVall, Michael J, Kelley   +8 more
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Geriatric Telemental Health in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

2017
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is a national leader in the development and implementation of telemental health. This chapter summarizes the influential contributions of the VHA in the delivery of telemental health to veterans across the country.
Taya Varteresian, Alexander Threlfall, Paul Kirwin   +2 more
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017
Reflecting a comprehensive VA effort to improve pain management, in 2007 fewer veterans received high doses of opioids and more veterans received non-opioid pain therapies, naloxone, and treatment for substance use disorders.
Walid F, Gellad, Chester B, Good, David J, Shulkin   +2 more
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Demographic Representation in Clinical Trials Sponsored by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2023
G.T. Gomez, B.E. Turner, J.R. Steinberg, S. Wren   +3 more
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Learning Is the Journey: From Process Reengineering to Systemic Customer-Service Design at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration

, 2013
Abstract : This monograph borrows from multiple disciplines to argue for an organizational shift from process reengineering to system design to improve government customer-service delivery. Specifically, the monograph proposes a transformation in claims processing within the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), United States Department of Veterans ...
Andrew Graf
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Access to Mohs micrographic surgery through the Veterans Choice Program of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2020
David, Siegel, Jayne S, Joo, Rachel A, Cortez, Theresa A, Furlong, R Rivkah, Isseroff   +4 more
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