2024
Transportation As A Determinant Of Health: Evaluating The Veterans Affairs Rideshare Program For Homeless Patients
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Beydoun H, Dasilva L. Transportation As A Determinant Of Health: Evaluating The Veterans Affairs Rideshare Program For Homeless Patients. Health Affairs 2024, 43: 1090-1099. PMID: 39102601, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomeless service usersService usersService useVeterans AffairsAssociated with greater useHomeless patientsNational pilotMedical appointmentsAdministrative dataDepartment of Veterans AffairsVA administrative dataVA service useAttend medical appointmentsRidesharing programUrgent care visitsGreater useHealth systemInpatient servicesNationwide health systemCare visitsHomelessnessVulnerable patientsPatient transportIndex dateServices
2023
Associations Between Natural Language Processing–Enriched Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death Among US Veterans
Mitra A, Pradhan R, Melamed R, Chen K, Hoaglin D, Tucker K, Reisman J, Yang Z, Liu W, Tsai J, Yu H. Associations Between Natural Language Processing–Enriched Social Determinants of Health and Suicide Death Among US Veterans. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e233079. PMID: 36920391, PMCID: PMC10018322, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.3079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNatural Language ProcessingSocial Determinants of HealthSuicideVeteransConceptsAdjusted odds ratioRisk of suicideSocial determinantsUS Veterans Health AdministrationSuicide deathsCohort entry dateStudy end dateNational Death IndexVeterans Health AdministrationCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionElectronic health record notesUnstructured clinical notesCohort entryDeath IndexMean ageUS veteransOdds ratioSDOHsVeteran deathsMAIN OUTCOMEHealth StudySDOHLarge effect sizesHealth Administration
2020
Demographic Correlates of Veterans’ Adverse Social Determinants of Health
Montgomery AE, Tsai J, Blosnich JR. Demographic Correlates of Veterans’ Adverse Social Determinants of Health. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2020, 59: 828-836. PMID: 33220754, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.05.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsElectronic Health RecordsFemaleHumansPovertySocial Determinants of HealthUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsAdverse social determinantsSocial determinantsCumulative burdenDemographic characteristicsVeterans Health Administration health careVeterans Health Administration facilitiesMultiple logistic regressionAnalysis of predictorsElectronic health recordsPatient populationFemale sexDecreased oddsUnmarried statusHispanic ethnicityClinical careEpidemiologic investigationsPatient experienceNegative binomial regressionAdministration facilitiesLogistic regressionMinority raceDisability statusVeteran servicesHealth recordsHealth care