2022
Characteristics of Chiropractic Patients in the Veterans Health Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Roytman G, Cheung K, Bathulapalli H, Goertz C, Long C, Lisi A. Characteristics of Chiropractic Patients in the Veterans Health Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Journal Of Manipulative And Physiological Therapeutics 2022, 45: 615-622. PMID: 37294219, PMCID: PMC10254439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationCharlson Comorbidity IndexTelehealth visitsCross-sectional analysisComorbidity indexPatient characteristicsChiropractic careHealth AdministrationUS Veterans Health AdministrationRetrospective cross-sectional analysisCOVID-19 pandemicMarital statusNon-white raceYears of ageChiropractic patientsVHA patientsUnique patientsMusculoskeletal complaintsMusculoskeletal conditionsVisit typeMultinomial logistic regressionPatientsLatino ethnicityLogistic regressionVisits
2021
ICD-10 Coding of Musculoskeletal Conditions in the Veterans Health Administration
Coleman BC, Goulet JL, Higgins DM, Bathulapalli H, Kawecki T, Ruser CB, Bastian LA, Martino S, Piette JD, Edmond SN, Heapy AA. ICD-10 Coding of Musculoskeletal Conditions in the Veterans Health Administration. Pain Medicine 2021, 22: 2597-2603. PMID: 33944953, PMCID: PMC8783617, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnab161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialty care settingsVeterans Health AdministrationCare settingsDiagnosis codesMusculoskeletal diagnosesMusculoskeletal conditionsHealth AdministrationVeterans Health Administration (VHA) careLow back painLongitudinal cohort studyICD-10 codingVisit diagnosesCohort studyDiagnosis cohortBack painCommon diagnosisUnique patientsNumber of visitsInternational ClassificationMusculoskeletal carePotential diagnosisSecondary analysisPatientsDiagnosisMusculoskeletal system