2020
The Association Between Hospital End-of-Life Care Quality and the Care Received Among Patients With Heart Failure
Feder SL, Tate J, Ersek M, Krishnan S, Chaudhry SI, Bastian LA, Rolnick J, Kutney-Lee A, Akgün KM. The Association Between Hospital End-of-Life Care Quality and the Care Received Among Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2020, 61: 713-722.e1. PMID: 32931904, PMCID: PMC7952458, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFamilyHeart FailureHumansMalePalliative CareQuality of Health CareRetrospective StudiesTerminal CareConceptsHeart failure patientsPalliative care consultationVeterans Health AdministrationLife care qualityFailure patientsHeart failureCare consultationsHighest quintileVA hospitalsIntensive care unit deathCare qualityIntensive care unitHealth care systemCare unitInpatient hospiceMean ageLowest quintileHospital endRetrospective analysisHOSPITAL scorePatientsHealth AdministrationCare processesHospitalLogistic regression
2019
Recommendations for the Evaluation of Cross-System Care Coordination from the VA State-of-the-art Working Group on VA/Non-VA Care
Mattocks KM, Cunningham K, Elwy AR, Finley EP, Greenstone C, Mengeling MA, Pizer SD, Vanneman ME, Weiner M, Bastian LA. Recommendations for the Evaluation of Cross-System Care Coordination from the VA State-of-the-art Working Group on VA/Non-VA Care. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 34: 18-23. PMID: 31098968, PMCID: PMC6542862, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-04972-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Choice ProgramNon-VA careCare coordinationVA careVA StateVA Health Services ResearchCommunity health systemHealth services researchHospital readmissionPatient complexityProvider satisfactionVeterans' accessCommunity providersHealth outcomesHealth systemCareVA researchersVeteransServices researchVAArt ConferenceProgram directorsWorking GroupRelevant literatureAccountability Act
2018
Factors Impacting Perceived Access to Early Prenatal Care among Pregnant Veterans Enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Mattocks KM, Baldor R, Bean-Mayberry B, Cucciare M, Gerber MR, Goldstein KM, Hammer KD, Hill EE, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Prochazka AV, Sadler AG, Bastian L. Factors Impacting Perceived Access to Early Prenatal Care among Pregnant Veterans Enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Women's Health Issues 2018, 29: 56-63. PMID: 30446330, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2018.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Choice ProgramEarly prenatal careHistory of depressionPrenatal carePregnant veteransMental health conditionsWomen veteransMultisite observational cohort studyHigh-quality prenatal careHealth conditionsObservational cohort studyMultivariable logistic regressionWeeks of pregnancyCare coordination servicesVA Medical CenterTimely prenatal carePosttraumatic stress disorderCommunity obstetriciansPostpartum veteransPregnancy surveyCohort studyPregnancy carePerinatal periodMedical CenterPerceived Access
2016
Organizational structure for chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Rinne ST, Liu CF, Wong ES, Hebert PL, Heidenreich P, Bastian LA, Au DH. Organizational structure for chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2016, 22: e82-7. PMID: 26978239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareDisease ManagementFemaleHealth Care SurveysHeart FailureHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleOrganizational ObjectivesPatient Care PlanningPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of Health CareSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic heart failureObstructive pulmonary diseaseHeart failurePulmonary diseaseBurden of COPDManagement of CHFGuideline-based careHome monitoring programBurden of diseaseVeterans Affairs facilitiesHospital readmission penaltiesChief of CardiologyQuality of careHigh-quality careCOPD clinicCOPD surveyChief of medicineCHF clinicPulmonary medicineReadmission penaltiesMeasures of qualityCareDiseaseDisease management
2014
Association between Women Veterans' Experiences with VA Outpatient Health Care and Designation as a Women's Health Provider in Primary Care Clinics
Bastian LA, Trentalange M, Murphy TE, Brandt C, Bean-Mayberry B, Maisel NC, Wright SM, Gaetano VS, Allore H, Skanderson M, Reyes-Harvey E, Yano EM, Rose D, Haskell S. Association between Women Veterans' Experiences with VA Outpatient Health Care and Designation as a Women's Health Provider in Primary Care Clinics. Women's Health Issues 2014, 24: 605-612. PMID: 25442706, PMCID: PMC4740730, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAmbulatory CareCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareFemaleHealth Care SurveysHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOutpatientsPatient SatisfactionPrimary Health CareQuality of Health CareUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransWomen's HealthYoung AdultConceptsWomen veterans' experiencesWomen's health providersPrimary care clinicsOutpatient health careHealth providersCare clinicsHealth careWomen veteransVeterans Affairs (VA) health care usersComprehensive women's health careVA primary care clinicsPrimary care providersWomen's health careIndividual provider characteristicsHealth care usersVeterans' experiencesOverall experienceVA SurveyPrimary careMultivariable modelProvider characteristicsCare providersPatient experienceHealthcare providersCare users
1998
Gender Differences in Care for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome–Related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
Bastian L, Sloane R, DeHovitz J, Bennett C. Gender Differences in Care for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome–Related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia. Women's Health Issues 1998, 8: 45-52. PMID: 9504038, DOI: 10.1016/s1049-3867(97)00073-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntifungal AgentsAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsBlack PeopleBronchoscopyCohort StudiesEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleHIV InfectionsHospitalizationHumansInsurance CoverageMaleMedicaidPentamidinePneumonia, PneumocystisProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality of Health CareRacial GroupsRisk-TakingSeverity of Illness IndexSexSubstance Abuse, IntravenousTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationUnited StatesZidovudine