2024
Patterns of Psychiatric Medication Prescriptions for Veterans in Treatment Courts and Other Specialty Courts
Tsai J, Christian N, Szymkowiak D. Patterns of Psychiatric Medication Prescriptions for Veterans in Treatment Courts and Other Specialty Courts. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2024, 30: 119-129. PMID: 38526399, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal justice-involvedVeterans Treatment CourtsSubstance use disordersPsychiatric medicationsPrescribed psychiatric medicationsTreatment courtsPsychiatric medication prescriptionSpecialty courtsClasses of psychiatric medicationsService-connected disability ratingVA health care servicesBehavioral health issuesJustice-involvedPsychiatric diagnosisUse disorderCourtPsychiatric prescribingPsychiatric prescriptionsClasses of medicationsVeteransService engagementMedication prescriptionsDisordersMedicationHealth care servicesGrowing Concern About Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans: Clinical Characteristics and Engagement in Health Care Services
Kinney R, Szymkowiak D, Tsai J. Growing Concern About Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans: Clinical Characteristics and Engagement in Health Care Services. Public Health Reports 2024, 139: 582-590. PMID: 38323557, PMCID: PMC11344986, DOI: 10.1177/00333549241227155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnsheltered homelessnessHomeless ProgramHomeless veteransVA homeless programsMilitary sexual traumaVeterans AffairsPublic health approachVeteran homelessnessCollege educationHousing instabilityVA service-connected disabilityHomeless populationHealth care servicesSheltered statusUS Department of Veterans AffairsHomelessnessDepartment of Veterans AffairsHierarchical multivariable logistic regressionService-connected disabilityCorporate Data WarehouseSexual traumaCare servicesRepeated-measures analysisMultivariate logistic regressionHealth approach
2023
Evaluating Veterans Response Teams and Police Interventions on Veterans' Health Care Utilization
Tsai J, Gonzalez C, Szymkowiak D, Stewart K, Dillard D, Whittle T, Woodland P. Evaluating Veterans Response Teams and Police Interventions on Veterans' Health Care Utilization. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2023, 29: 387-391. PMID: 36867527, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care utilizationCare servicesCare utilizationVA health care servicesUse of outpatientSubstance abuse treatment servicesInpatient mental healthVA health careUrgent care servicesAncillary care servicesHealth care servicesResponse teamsTreatment servicesRehabilitation servicesMental healthHealth careHomeless ProgramSimilar increaseInterventionVeteransDepartmentOutpatientsMonthsCare
2022
The Impact of Temporary Housing Assistance Expenditures on Subcategories of Health Care Cost for U.S. Veterans Facing Housing Instability.
Nelson R, Montgomery A, Suo Y, Cook J, Pettey W, Evans W, Greene T, Gelberg L, Kertesz S, Tsai J, Byrne T. The Impact of Temporary Housing Assistance Expenditures on Subcategories of Health Care Cost for U.S. Veterans Facing Housing Instability. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved 2022, 33: 1821-1843. PMID: 36341665, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2022.0140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care costsCare costsOutpatient substance use disorder treatmentMental healthSubstance use disorder treatmentRetrospective cohort studyOutpatient mental healthDirect medical costsInpatient mental healthUse disorder treatmentHealth care encountersBehavioral health costsHealth care servicesCohort studyHousing instabilityMultivariable differenceCare encountersMedical costsCare servicesDisorder treatmentU.S. veteransVeterans AffairsVA systemHealth costsSupportive services
2020
Antipsychotic Medication Prescriptions for Homeless and Unstably Housed Veterans in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Radhakrishnan R. Antipsychotic Medication Prescriptions for Homeless and Unstably Housed Veterans in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2020, 82 PMID: 33296148, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.20m13372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntipsychotic prescriptionsSevere mental illnessAntipsychotic medicationHealth care systemMedication prescriptionsPrescription practicesMental illnessVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemNational VA administrative dataVeterans AffairsVA health care servicesVA health care systemSecond-generation antipsychotic medicationsCare systemAntipsychotic medication prescriptionMore antipsychotic prescriptionsPsychotropic medication prescriptionsSecond-generation antipsychoticsVA administrative dataMore antipsychotic medicationsHealth care servicesClinical characteristicsClozapine treatmentInjectable medicationsMedications
2018
Characteristics and Health Needs of Veterans with Other-than-Honorable Discharges: Expanding Eligibility in the Veterans Health Administration
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Characteristics and Health Needs of Veterans with Other-than-Honorable Discharges: Expanding Eligibility in the Veterans Health Administration. Military Medicine 2018, 183: e153-e157. PMID: 29420757, DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usx110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health care needsHealth care needsMore mental health problemsHealth care servicesMental health problemsCare needsVeterans AffairsCare servicesHealth problemsShort Form Health SurveyVA health care servicesMental health care servicesMental healthForm Health SurveyVeterans Health AdministrationHealth of veteransWorse mental healthEmotional problemsVA careHealth SurveyHealth AdministrationHealth statusHealth needsBivariate comparisonsHealth care
2017
Characteristics and Health Needs of Veterans in Jails and Prisons: What We Know and Do Not Know about Incarcerated Women Veterans
McCall JD, Tsai J. Characteristics and Health Needs of Veterans in Jails and Prisons: What We Know and Do Not Know about Incarcerated Women Veterans. Women's Health Issues 2017, 28: 172-180. PMID: 29217313, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2017.10.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA health careWomen veteransHealth careChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseVA health care servicesVeterans Affairs administrative dataHealth issuesObstructive pulmonary diseaseMultivariable logistic regressionCriminal justice characteristicsWomen's health issuesVeteran ProgramHealth care servicesPulmonary diseaseSeizure disorderReproductive ageEye problemsMood disordersWomen's healthVA servicesCare servicesU.S. veteransHealth needsLogistic regressionPreliminary diagnosis
2016
US Veterans’ Use Of VA Mental Health Services And Disability Compensation Increased From 2001 To 2010
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. US Veterans’ Use Of VA Mental Health Services And Disability Compensation Increased From 2001 To 2010. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 966-973. PMID: 27269011, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA mental health servicesMental health servicesDisability compensationHealth servicesVA disability compensationUS veteransVeteran populationVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemGulf War eraHealth care servicesVA health servicesCombat-related traumaHealth care systemVeterans' useVA servicesCare servicesCare systemService eraVeteransRepresentative surveyPopulationTraumaCare