2024
Open Burn Pit Exposure in Headache Disorder and Migraine
Sico J, Anthony S, Phadke M, Wang K, Skanderson M, Ney J, Seng E, Shapiro R, Sandbrink F, Scholten J, Graham G, Martini S, Fenton B. Open Burn Pit Exposure in Headache Disorder and Migraine. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2431522. PMID: 39230902, PMCID: PMC11375476, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.31522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurn pit exposureVeterans Health Administration electronic health recordPit exposureHeadache disordersAdministration electronic health recordAnalytic sampleVeterans Health Administration facilitiesBurn pitsCohort studyVeterans Health AdministrationElectronic health recordsDose-dependent associationUS DepartmentHealth recordsRegistry participantsMilitary exposuresRetrospective cohort studyHealth AdministrationMain OutcomesHealth conditionsAdministration facilitiesRegistry questionnaireHighest quartilesIncident outcomesVeteransImplementation and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Expansion in the Veterans Health Administration: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation
Portnoy G, Relyea M, Dichter M, Iverson K, Presseau C, Brandt C, Skanderson M, Bruce L, Martino S. Implementation and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Expansion in the Veterans Health Administration: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Evaluation. JMIR Research Protocols 2024, 13: e59918. PMID: 39194059, PMCID: PMC11391160, DOI: 10.2196/59918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationImpact of screeningINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERHealth care systemIntimate partner violenceIPV screeningQualitative interviewsCare systemHealth AdministrationConsolidated Framework for Implementation ResearchVeterans Health Administration facilitiesElectronic health record dataIntimate partner violence screeningMixed methods evaluationHealth record dataNational health care systemLongitudinal observational designPotential implementation barriersSignificant public health problemMen's health careClinical practice implicationsPatient populationMethod evaluationRE-AIMPublic health problemLeveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
Wang K, Hendrickson Z, Miller M, Abel E, Skanderson M, Erdos J, Womack J, Brandt C, Desai M, Han L. Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Medical Care 2024, 62: 458-463. PMID: 38848139, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationElectronic health recordsResidential addressesHealth recordsHealth AdministrationLeveraging electronic health recordsInfluence health care utilizationVeterans Health Administration dataAssociations of sociodemographicsHealth care utilizationHealth care systemPatient's residential addressCross-sectional analysisGeneralized logistic regressionCare utilizationHealth systemResidential mobilitySubstance use disordersCare systemPatient's residenceLogistic regressionVeteransMultinomial outcomesHealthOddsBlood type as a risk factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Rahimi Larki N, Skanderson M, Tate J, Levinson R, Hauser R, Brandt C, Yang Y, Justice A, Wang L. Blood type as a risk factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 10559-10559. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.10559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma riskVeterans Health AdministrationRisk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaNon-O blood typeNeighborhood-level socioeconomic dataIntegrated healthcare systemHigh risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaAssociated with higher riskAssociated with increased riskUnited StatesHealth AdministrationOutpatient encountersHealthcare systemBaseline ageAlcohol useIndex dateAssociation of blood typeCancer deathWhite populationSocioeconomic dataBlack patientsDiverse populationsRisk factorsBlood typeEstimating risk for pancreatic cancer among 9.4 million veterans in care.
Wang L, Rahimi Larki N, Skanderson M, Tate J, Hauser R, Brandt C, Yang Y, Justice A. Estimating risk for pancreatic cancer among 9.4 million veterans in care. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 10544-10544. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.10544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationGeneral populationAlcohol useIntegrated health systemElectronic health recordsTen-year riskHistory of cancerLoss to follow-upFollow-upEvaluated model discriminationMedian baseline ageCox proportional hazards modelsRisk prediction modelHealth recordsProportional hazards modelHealth systemHealth AdministrationMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelSmoking statusCharlson Comorbidity IndexBaseline ageClinical reasoningRange of risksHazards modelFinal predictorsDevelopment and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms to Identify Pancreatic Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration
Mezzacappa C, Larki N, Skanderson M, Park L, Brandt C, Hauser R, Justice A, Yang Y, Wang L. Development and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms to Identify Pancreatic Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2024, 69: 1507-1513. PMID: 38453743, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-024-08324-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsVeterans Health AdministrationHealth AdministrationElectronic health records data elementsElectronic health record dataDiagnosis of exocrine pancreatic cancerNational Cancer RegistryCancer RegistryHealth recordsExocrine pancreatic cancerOncology settingOutpatient encountersInpatient encountersData elementsExpert adjudicationPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaEpidemiological studiesRandom sampleInterquartile rangeIdentification of patientsRange of patientsPancreatic cancerVeteransLate diagnosisExcellent PPV
2021
Services for Headache Disorder(s) among Men and Women Veterans across the Veterans Health Administration – a 10-year Cohort Study (4669)
Seng E, Fenton B, Wang K, Skanderson M, Sico J. Services for Headache Disorder(s) among Men and Women Veterans across the Veterans Health Administration – a 10-year Cohort Study (4669). Neurology 2021, 96 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.96.15_supplement.4669.Peer-Reviewed Original Research