predictors of long-term mortality after bariatric surgery performed in veterans affairs medical centers:hypothesiscurrently, more than 10 million us adults, including 165 000 veterans who use veterans affairs (va) medical facilities, have class iii obesity (body mass index [bmi; calculated as weight...
This cohort study compares use of dialysis and survival in patients with end-stage renal disease who receive care through Veterans Affairs vs Medicare.
However, there is a paucity of recent data regarding utilization trends in CRC screening procedures in Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) beneficiaries. Aim Analyze trends in the utilization of CRC screening procedures in VA patients average and at higher risk of CRC. Methods The VA Outpatient ...
Washington, DC: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration; 2020. Google Scholar Gray C, Wray C, Tisdale R, Chaudary C, Slightam C, Zulman D. Factors influencing how providers assess the appropriateness of video visits: Interview study with primary and specialty health care ...
We determined patient factors associated with decreased likelihood for PFT acquisition (i.e. underutilization) in the United States Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. We performed a retrospective analysis of Veterans who survived a VA-based COPD hospitalization between 2012 and 2015. COPD was...
Objectives To describe the number of urethral dilations, urethrotomies, and urethroplasties performed on men with a diagnosis of urethral stricture disease seeking care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system in southern California and southern Nevada over a 5-year period. To date, few...
Center for Clinical Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Megan A. Adams MD, JD, MSc, Joel H. Rubenstein MD, MSc, Rachel Lipson MS, Robert G. Holleman MPH & Sameer D. Saini MD, MSc Division of Gastroenterology, Departmen...
exposure (PE) and cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) into practice in Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers, estimating that between 6–13% of VA patients with PTSD receive PE or CPT (Lu, Plagge, Marsiglio, & Dobscha, 2013; ; Shiner et al., 2013...
Validity of Methods to Identify Individuals With Lower Extremity Amputation Using Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Medical RecordsASoC, amputation system of careAmputationCDW, corporate data warehouseCPT, current procedural terminologyCurrent procedural terminologyEMR, electronic medical record...
Keywords: post-traumatic stress disorder;attrition;veterans affairs;military;trauma-focused psychotherapy;trauma;intensive protocol