2024
Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless
Holliday R, Hostetter T, Brenner L, Bahraini N, Tsai J. Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless. Health Services Research 2024, 59: e14301. PMID: 38590010, PMCID: PMC11366967, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComprehensive suicide risk evaluationsSuicide risk screeningRisk screeningPositive screenUniversal suicide risk screeningHomeless patientsHealth record dataMental health servicesEvidence-based interventionsSuicide risk identificationPrimary carePatient health record dataVHA servicesHealth servicesUrgent careHomeless veteransSuicide risk evaluationRecord dataCalendar yearSuicide riskPercentage of patientsCareVHASuicideScreeningThe Use of Mobile Medical Units for Populations Experiencing Homelessness in the United States: A Scoping Review
Christian N, Havlik J, Tsai J. The Use of Mobile Medical Units for Populations Experiencing Homelessness in the United States: A Scoping Review. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 39: 1474-1487. PMID: 38528232, PMCID: PMC11169337, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08731-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMobile medical unitsPoint-in-time countsUnited StatesScoping reviewProvision of primary careRandomized controlled trialsEffective treatment of substance use disordersUnsheltered homelessnessHomeless populationCommunity-based healthcare servicesHomelessnessMedical unitsProvision of healthcareProvision of medical servicesCare delivery modelsNature of research activityControlled trialsPatient-centered measuresSevere mental illnessHealth outcomesPrimary careHealthcare utilizationHealthcare servicesMental illnessSubstance use disorders
2022
Primary Care for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: a Narrative Review of the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT) Model
Tsai J, Havlik J, Howell B, Johnson E, Rosenthal D. Primary Care for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: a Narrative Review of the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT) Model. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 38: 765-783. PMID: 36443628, PMCID: PMC9971390, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07970-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomeless Patient Aligned Care TeamPrimary care medical home modelsVeterans' healthOnly original research studiesNarrative reviewPatient Aligned Care TeamsCare team modelPrimary care utilizationEmergency department utilizationMedical home modelDatabases Ovid MEDLINEPositive patient experienceVeterans Experiencing HomelessnessOriginal research studiesCare utilizationOvid EmbasePrimary careCare teamOvid MEDLINEInclusion criteriaPatient experiencePeer-reviewed studiesHome modelHealthcare outcomesVA system
2012
Impact of health insurance status and a diagnosis of serious mental illness on whether chronically homeless individuals engage in primary care.
Chwastiak L, Tsai J, Rosenheck R. Impact of health insurance status and a diagnosis of serious mental illness on whether chronically homeless individuals engage in primary care. American Journal Of Public Health 2012, 102: e83-9. PMID: 23078477, PMCID: PMC3519338, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2012.301025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious mental illnessPrimary care providersMental illnessCare providersChronic medical illnessHealth insuranceSource of careHealth insurance statusHealth care costsClinical characteristicsMedical illnessInsurance statusPrimary carePsychiatric symptomsMedicaid coverageCare costsHealth outcomesMedical careIllnessRegular sourceEnd Chronic HomelessnessVulnerable populationsHomeless adultsCareDiagnosisSmoking Among Chronically Homeless Adults: Prevalence and Correlates
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Smoking Among Chronically Homeless Adults: Prevalence and Correlates. Psychiatric Services 2012, 63: 569-576. PMID: 22476200, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmoking statusCigarette smokingHomeless adultsCurrent cigarette smokingCorrelates of smokingHealth care professionalsHigh death ratePosttraumatic stress disorderSignificant overall changeCurrent smokersCurrent smokingCessation interventionsPreventable causeMultinomial regression analysisClinical correlatesPrimary careDrug treatmentSmokingCare professionalsDrug useOne-year periodSmokersStress disorderAlcohol useDeath rate