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Premature Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Stenting in Veterans: Characteristics and Long‐Term Outcomes

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Premature discontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention is related to higher short‐term risks of adverse outcomes. Whether these risks persist in the long‐term is uncertain. Methods and Results We
Scott Kinlay   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing the utilization and cost of health services between veterans experiencing brief and ongoing episodes of housing instability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Housing instability is associated with costly patterns of health and behavioral health service use. However, little prior research has examined patterns of service use associated with higher costs among those experiencing ongoing housing instability.
Brignone, Emily   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Recognizing the Needs of High-Need High-Risk Veterans

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2022
Stuti Dang,1– 3 Marianne Desir,1– 3 Shiv Lamba,4 Kiranmayee Muralidhar,1 Fei Tang,2 Willy Marcos Valencia5 1Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA; 2Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Miami Veterans Affairs ...
Dang S   +5 more
doaj  

Ocular manifestations and biomarkers of Gulf War Illness in US veterans

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a multisystem disease with variable presentations, making diagnosis difficult. Non-invasive biomarkers would aid in disease diagnosis. We hypothesized that the eye could serve as a biomarker for GWI. We performed a retrospective
Brandon S. Baksh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Veterans Finding Community and a “Home” Within an Emergency Housing Environment

open access: yesJournal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2023
In April 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating unsheltered homelessness in Los Angeles by sanctioning a tent turned tiny shelter encampment at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs medical center ...
Kimberly A. Lynch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accommodating heterogeneous missing data patterns for prostate cancer risk prediction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Objective: We compared six commonly used logistic regression methods for accommodating missing risk factor data from multiple heterogeneous cohorts, in which some cohorts do not collect some risk factors at all, and developed an online risk prediction tool that accommodates missing risk factors from the end-user.
arxiv   +1 more source

From Caution to College: The Effects on Veterans with Self- Reported Trauma Symptoms Sharing their Experiences with the Campus Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Over 900,000 veterans are using benefits for higher education today; the vast majority of them served in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Over 25% of GWOT service members that have been treated by the Veterans Affairs (VA) are reported to have ...
Diaz, Jemerson
core   +6 more sources

Self-reported post-exertional fatigue in Gulf War veterans: roles of autonomic testing

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2014
To determine if objective evidence of autonomic dysfunction exists from a group of Gulf War veterans with self-reported post-exertional fatigue, we evaluated 16 Gulf War ill veterans and 12 Gulf War controls.
Mian eLi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

How successful was the use of a community of practice for the implementation of evidence-based practices for heart failure within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Insights from a formative evaluation

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems, 2022
Background Communities of Practice (CoPs) are a promising approach to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to improve care for chronic conditions like heart failure (HF).
Anju Sahay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The VA Health Care System: An Unrecognized National Safety Net [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The dominance of local health care markets in conjunction with variable public funding results in a national patchwork of "safety nets" and beneficiaries in the United States rather than a uniform system.
Kenneth W. Kizer, Nancy J. Wilson
core   +1 more source

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