2025
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Goals-of-Care Conversations in Veterans Health Administration Clinics
Linsky A, Canter B, Glickman M, Qian S, Ryan S, Still M, Fried T, Wiener R. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Goals-of-Care Conversations in Veterans Health Administration Clinics. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2515980. PMID: 40522660, PMCID: PMC12171934, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.15980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningGoals-of-care conversationsHealth care deliveryCare planningCare deliveryRetrospective cohort studyUS Veterans Health Administration facilitiesImprove advance care planningVeterans Health Administration clinicsVeterans Health Administration facilitiesGoals-of-careFacility-level characteristicsCOVID-19 pandemicHealth care systemYear 3First-everCohort study of patientsRetrospective cohort study of patientsFacility levelStaffing shortagesCare systemOutpatient appointmentsMain OutcomesAdministration facilitiesSecondary analysis
2024
National rollout of a medication safety dashboard to improve testing for latent infections among biologic and targeted synthetic disease‐modifying agent users within the Veterans Health Administration
Schmajuk G, Ware A, Li J, Tarasovsky G, Shiboski S, Barton J, Miller K, Mitchell H, Dana J, Reiter K, Wahl E, Rozenberg‐Ben‐Dror K, Hauser R, Whooley M. National rollout of a medication safety dashboard to improve testing for latent infections among biologic and targeted synthetic disease‐modifying agent users within the Veterans Health Administration. Health Services Research 2024, 60: e14363. PMID: 39056425, PMCID: PMC11782092, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemVA facilitiesVeterans Health AdministrationAudit log dataInterrupted time seriesPost-deploymentFrequency of sessionsWeeks post-deploymentFacility levelNational rolloutEHR dataHealth AdministrationHealthcare personnelHealthcare systemUnited States Veterans Affairs healthcare systemPercentage of patientsScreening dataEHRDashboard deploymentFacility personnelStudy periodSessionsScreeningUnited StatesFacilitiesUnit costs and cost-effectiveness of a device to improve TB treatment adherence in China
Sweeney S, Fielding K, Liu X, Thompson J, Dong H, Jiang S, Zhao Y, Huan S, Vassall A. Unit costs and cost-effectiveness of a device to improve TB treatment adherence in China. IJTLD OPEN 2024, 1: 299-305. PMID: 39035432, PMCID: PMC11257087, DOI: 10.5588/ijtldopen.23.0451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntervention cost-effectivenessHealth facility levelIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioProbabilistic sensitivity analysesTB treatment adherenceCluster-randomised superiority trialImprove treatment outcomesIncremental cost-effectivenessCost-effectiveness ratioIncremental costCost-effectiveDiscount rateUnit cost dataTreatment adherenceFacility levelLack of evidenceTreatment outcomesImprove adherenceDigital adherence technologiesEnhance patient managementScenario analysisSocietal perspectiveSuperiority trialStandard of careAdherence technologies
2023
Development and Internal Validation of an Emergency Department Admission Intensity Measure Using Data From a National Group
Oskvarek J, Zocchi M, Cai A, Venkat A, Janke A, Venkatesh A, Pines J, Group A. Development and Internal Validation of an Emergency Department Admission Intensity Measure Using Data From a National Group. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 82: 316-325. PMID: 36669915, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission ratesSeparate technical panelEvidence-based protocolsICD-10 diagnosisValue-based payment modelsPhysician's discretionED diagnosisEmergency physiciansInternational ClassificationPhysician levelFacility levelPhysiciansInternal validationQuarterly ratesAdministrative dataFace validityDiagnosisPayment modelsLinear probability modelsICC
2022
An Analysis of Zonal Health Management Capacity and Health System Performance: Ethiopia Primary Healthcare Transformation Initiative
Liu L, Desai MM, Benyam T, Fetene N, Ayehu T, Nadew K, Linnander E. An Analysis of Zonal Health Management Capacity and Health System Performance: Ethiopia Primary Healthcare Transformation Initiative. International Journal Of Health Policy And Management 2022, 0: 2610-2617. PMID: 35219284, PMCID: PMC9818125, DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth facility levelHealth centersSummary scoresHealthcare system performanceFacility levelDistrict-level managementHealth centre levelAntenatal care coverageSkilled birth attendanceLow-income country settingsDistrict-level interventionsHealth system performanceInfant immunizationBirth attendanceEssential medicationsContraception useCare coverageLongitudinal changesTwo-year interventionHealthcare service performancePotential roleAdherenceCenter levelTwo-year periodIntervention
2017
Unit Costing of Health Extension Worker Activities in Ethiopia: A Model for Managers at the District and Health Facility Level
Canavan ME, Linnander E, Ahmed S, Mohammed H, Bradley EH. Unit Costing of Health Extension Worker Activities in Ethiopia: A Model for Managers at the District and Health Facility Level. International Journal Of Health Policy And Management 2017, 7: 394-401. PMID: 29764103, PMCID: PMC5953522, DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth extension programPrimary care servicesEffective primary careHealth facility levelLow-income settingsFee schedulePrimary careEvidence-informed planningHigh burdenHealth educationHealth outcomesAdministrative data systemsCare servicesHealth systemChild mortalityFacility levelRural settingsWorker servicesAverage timeProvision of servicesNational studyCountry settingsCommunity encountersNational improvementSalary costsCare coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis
Altalib HH, Fenton BT, Cheung KH, Pugh MJV, Bates J, Valente TW, Kerns RD, Brandt CA. Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis. Epilepsy & Behavior 2017, 73: 31-35. PMID: 28605631, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationCare coordinationHealth care providersCare providersVA facilitiesEpilepsy centersSpecialty careEpilepsy careEpilepsy patientsHealth AdministrationFacility levelNumber of providersNeurologistsFacility typeCareProvidersType of facilityMixed modelsSame facilityPatientsEpilepsyAdministration
2015
Effect of Cage-Wash Temperature on the Removal of Infectious Agents from Caging and the Detection of Infectious Agents on the Filters of Animal Bedding-Disposal Cabinets by PCR Analysis.
Compton SR, Macy JD. Effect of Cage-Wash Temperature on the Removal of Infectious Agents from Caging and the Detection of Infectious Agents on the Filters of Animal Bedding-Disposal Cabinets by PCR Analysis. Journal Of The American Association For Laboratory Animal Science 2015, 54: 745-55. PMID: 26632784, PMCID: PMC4671790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse hepatitis virusMouse parvovirusMyocoptes musculinusInfectious agentsS. obvelataDetection of infectionHepatitis virusPCR analysisHousing micePathogen transmissionFacility levelMiceCages housing miceHelicobacter sppM. pulmonisSyphacia obvelataMycoplasma pulmonisCage washingParvovirusAnimal facilitiesSentinelsVirusAgentsPulmonisPathogen screening
2007
Time Trends and Predictors of Suicide Among Mental Health Outpatients in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Desai MM, Rosenheck RA, Desai RA. Time Trends and Predictors of Suicide Among Mental Health Outpatients in the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Journal Of Behavioral Health Services & Research 2007, 35: 115-124. PMID: 17990123, DOI: 10.1007/s11414-007-9092-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outpatientsVeterans AffairsNational Death Index dataDeath Index dataSuicide ratesMental health spendingMore chronic patientsMental health servicesMental health expendituresMental health programsPredictors of suicideMultivariable predictorsChronic patientsProtective effectVA populationNonsignificant trendInpatient servicesHealth servicesPatient volumeHealth programsGreater riskOlder ageSuicide riskOutpatientsFacility level
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