2023
Association between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration
Coleman B, Lisi A, Abel E, Runels T, Goulet J. Association between early nonpharmacological management and follow-up for low back pain in the veterans health administration. North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) 2023, 14: 100233. PMID: 37440983, PMCID: PMC10333712, DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2023.100233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow back painNonpharmacologic managementBack painVeterans Health Administration patientsFirst yearCommon reasons individualsObservational cohort studyProportional hazards regressionElectronic health record dataVeterans Health AdministrationPositive clinical outcomesHealth record dataDay of entryClinical covariablesCohort studyClinical outcomesNonpharmacological managementHazards regressionHealth cohortPatient groupPrimary interventionStudy populationBackground LowHealth AdministrationPatients
2017
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2001–2013
Hausmann LRM, Brandt CA, Carroll CM, Fenton BT, Ibrahim SA, Becker WC, Burgess DJ, Wandner LD, Bair MJ, Goulet JL. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2001–2013. Arthritis Care & Research 2017, 69: 1171-1178. PMID: 27788302, PMCID: PMC5538734, DOI: 10.1002/acr.23137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyKnee arthroplastyOA diagnosisHispanic-white differencesHispanic veteransVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemTotal knee arthroplasty (TKA) rateCox proportional hazards regressionTotal knee arthroplasty proceduresIncreased clinical severityKnee arthroplasty ratesPotential clinical confoundersPain intensity scoresProportional hazards regressionBody mass indexKnee arthroplasty proceduresEthnic differencesMusculoskeletal disorder diagnosisHealth care systemElectronic health recordsClinical confoundersHazards regressionMass indexRheumatology specialistsClinical severity
2014
Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Women Veterans Deployed in Service of Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
Katon J, Mattocks K, Zephyrin L, Reiber G, Yano EM, Callegari L, Schwarz EB, Goulet J, Shaw J, Brandt C, Haskell S. Gestational Diabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Women Veterans Deployed in Service of Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Journal Of Women's Health 2014, 23: 792-800. PMID: 25090022, PMCID: PMC4195229, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAfghan Campaign 2001-AfghanistanDiabetes, GestationalFemaleHospitals, VeteransHumansHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedIraqIraq War, 2003-2011Kaplan-Meier EstimateMaternal Health ServicesPregnancyPrevalenceRiskStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransYoung AdultConceptsOEF/OIF/OND veteransStandardized incidence ratiosPregnancy complicationsUse of VAGestational diabetesHypertensive disordersWomen veteransOperation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New DawnRate of GDMNationwide Inpatient SampleProportional hazards regressionYear of deliveryVeteran statusOperation New DawnIncidence ratiosHazards regressionNinth RevisionMaternity benefitsOutpatient filesVA providersInpatient SamplePostpartum healthVA inpatientClinical dataStudy population