2024
Electronic Health Record Concordance with Survey-Reported Military Sexual Trauma Among Younger Veterans: Associations with Health Care Utilization and Mental Health Diagnoses
Gaffey A, Burg M, Skanderson M, Deviva J, Brandt C, Bastian L, Haskell S. Electronic Health Record Concordance with Survey-Reported Military Sexual Trauma Among Younger Veterans: Associations with Health Care Utilization and Mental Health Diagnoses. Journal Of Women's Health 2024 PMID: 38946553, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsHealth care utilizationAssociated with health care utilizationMilitary sexual traumaVeterans Health AdministrationCare utilizationPosttraumatic stress disorderVeteran health care utilizationMental health visitsPrimary care utilizationMental health diagnosesCross-sectional associationsService-related characteristicsPost-9/11 veteransSexual traumaLikelihood of posttraumatic stress disorderEHR screensPrimary careVHA careHealth visitsOlder veteransHealth recordsYounger veteransDepression diagnosisExperience MST
2021
Sex Differences in Use of a Clinical Complexity Measure to Predict Primary Care Utilization
Haskell SG, Han L, Abel EA, Bastian L, Driscoll M, Dziura J, Burg MM, Skanderson M, Brandt CA. Sex Differences in Use of a Clinical Complexity Measure to Predict Primary Care Utilization. Journal Of Women's Health 2021, 31: 71-78. PMID: 34388023, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2021.0103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care utilizationCare utilizationWomen veteransCare Assessment Need (CAN) scoreComplex high-risk patientsHigh-risk patientsRisk stratification toolPotential confounding factorsCorporate Data WarehouseSex differencesVA careVisit utilizationCare coordinationHigher oddsReproductive healthConfounding factorsVeterans AffairsPsychosocial variablesStrong associationQuintileWomenNeed scoresMenVeteransGood predictive accuracy
2020
Facility Variation in Troponin Ordering Within the Veterans Health Administration
Chui PW, Esserman D, Bastian LA, Curtis JP, Gandhi PU, Rosman L, Desai N, Hauser RG. Facility Variation in Troponin Ordering Within the Veterans Health Administration. Medical Care 2020, 58: 1098-1104. PMID: 33003051, PMCID: PMC7666100, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Coronary SyndromeAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesDiagnosis-Related GroupsEmergency Service, HospitalGuideline AdherenceHumansMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Sex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsTroponinUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsDownstream resource utilizationVeterans Health AdministrationCase mixHealth AdministrationCurrent United States guidelinesDownstream health care utilizationVeterans Health Administration facilitiesFacility characteristicsAcute coronary syndromeEmergency department visitsPercutaneous coronary interventionHealth care utilizationAcute care facilitiesUnited States guidelinesHigh rateCross-sectional analysisCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionED visitsDepartment visitsCare utilizationHighest quartileCoronary angiogramInpatient admissionsLowest quartile
2007
Gender Differences in Health Care Utilization Among Veterans with Chronic Pain
Kaur S, Stechuchak KM, Coffman CJ, Allen KD, Bastian LA. Gender Differences in Health Care Utilization Among Veterans with Chronic Pain. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2007, 22: 228. PMID: 17356991, PMCID: PMC1824743, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0048-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic painWomen veteransOutpatient visitsDurham Veterans Affairs Medical CenterVeterans Affairs Medical CenterMultiple pain sitesHigh rateChronic pain conditionsOutpatient service useHealth care utilizationICD-9 codingPain sitesClinic visitsPain locationPain conditionsCare utilizationOutpatient utilizationPrimary carePhysical therapyMedical CenterPainMale veteransService usePsychiatric diagnosisVeteran population