2016
Incidence and Determinants of Traumatic Intracranial Bleeding Among Older Veterans Receiving Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation
Dodson JA, Petrone A, Gagnon DR, Tinetti ME, Krumholz HM, Gaziano JM. Incidence and Determinants of Traumatic Intracranial Bleeding Among Older Veterans Receiving Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation. JAMA Cardiology 2016, 1: 65. PMID: 27437657, PMCID: PMC5600874, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic intracranial bleedingIntracranial bleedingInternational normalized ratioIschemic strokeAtrial fibrillationIncidence rateAnticonvulsant useWarfarin therapyNormalized ratioRisk factorsOlder adultsVeterans AffairsCox proportional hazards regressionVA electronic medical recordsMean patient agePatients 75 yearsRetrospective cohort studyClinical Modification codesCoronary artery diseaseProportional hazards regressionService claims dataVA administrative dataSignificant predictorsHealth care professionalsElectronic medical records
2008
Use of Recommended Ambulatory Care Services: Is the Veterans Affairs Quality Gap Narrowing?
Ross JS, Keyhani S, Keenan PS, Bernheim SM, Penrod JD, Boockvar KS, Federman AD, Krumholz HM, Siu AL. Use of Recommended Ambulatory Care Services: Is the Veterans Affairs Quality Gap Narrowing? JAMA Internal Medicine 2008, 168: 950-958. PMID: 18474759, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.9.950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAmbulatory CareBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemBreast NeoplasmsCholesterolColorectal NeoplasmsCounselingDiabetes MellitusDiabetic RetinopathyDisease ManagementDyslipidemiasFemaleHospitals, VeteransHumansInfluenza VaccinesMaleMiddle AgedPneumococcal VaccinesPreventive Health ServicesQuality of Health CareSmoking CessationUnited StatesVeteransConceptsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterAmbulatory care servicesInsured adultsCancer screeningCare servicesBehavior Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk Factor Surveillance SystemCardiovascular risk reductionColorectal cancer screeningChronic disease careBreast cancer screeningQuality improvement initiativesQuality of careUS health care systemInfectious disease preventionHealth care systemHealth Care Quality Improvement InitiativeEye examinationSelf-reported useDisease careCancer preventionMellitus managementMedical CenterAmbulatory careService use