2024
Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Beydoun H. Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Addiction 2024 PMID: 39415621, DOI: 10.1111/add.16689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-homeless veteransDrug overdose deathsOverdose deathsDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemHealthcare systemDepartment of Veterans Affairs healthcare systemNational Death Index dataHazard ratioVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemConfidence intervalsDeath Index dataEstimate hazard ratiosMental health characteristicsAssociated with greater riskEpidemic of drug overdoseHealth characteristicsHomeless veteransUS veteransCox regression modelsVeteransGreater riskHomeless populationSubstance useMultivariate Cox regression model
2021
Incidence of Homelessness among Veterans Newly Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
Jutkowitz E, DeVone F, Halladay C, Hooshyar D, Tsai J, Rudolph JL. Incidence of Homelessness among Veterans Newly Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Rhode Island Medical Journal 2021, 104: 20-25. PMID: 33926154, PMCID: PMC8514122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsADRD diagnosisUse disordersAlzheimer's diseaseAdjusted hazard ratioYears of ageSubstance use disordersAlcohol use disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderVeterans Affairs administrative recordsHazard ratioLiver diseaseLung diseaseIncidence rateRelated dementiaYounger ageGreater riskDiseaseStress disorderIncidenceVeteransDisordersDementiaDiagnosisADRDAge