2024
Chronic headaches after traumatic brain injury: Diagnostic complexity associated with increased cost.
McGeary D, Swan A, Kennedy E, Dismuke-Greer C, McGeary C, Sico J, Amuan M, Manhapra A, Bouldin E, Watson P, Kenney K, Myers M, Werner J, Mitchell J, Carlson K, Delgado R, Esmaeili A, Pugh M. Chronic headaches after traumatic brain injury: Diagnostic complexity associated with increased cost. Neurorehabilitation 2024, 1-15. PMID: 39422976, DOI: 10.3233/nre-230277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraumatic brain injuryChronic headacheTraumatic brain injury diagnosisPost-9/11-era veteransPost-traumatic headacheAssociated with higher costsCare burdenBrain injuryHealthcare costsHeadache diagnosisEra veteransClinical characteristicsHeadache disordersHigher expendituresCareVeteransIndividual headachesHigh costHeadacheIntensive treatmentRefractory headacheOutcomesDiagnosisInjuryConfounding
2022
Characteristics and Gender Differences of Headache in the Veterans Health Administration
Sico JJ, Seng E, Wang K, Skanderson M, Schindler E, Ney JP, Lorenze N, Kimber A, Lindsey H, Grinberg AS, Kuruvilla D, Higgins D, Graham G, Sandbrink F, Scholten J, Shapiro RE, Lipton RB, Fenton B. Characteristics and Gender Differences of Headache in the Veterans Health Administration. Neurology 2022, 99: e1993-e2005. PMID: 36100437, PMCID: PMC9651459, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationHeadache diagnosisHealthcare utilizationIncidence rateHeadache careHeadache typesHealth AdministrationSociodemographic characteristicsMilitary-related exposuresAge-adjusted incidenceEmergency department utilizationElectronic health record dataRetrospective cohort designType of headacheHigh incidence rateTraumatic brain injuryUnited States veteransHealth record dataPost-traumatic stress disorderGender differencesMilitary sexual traumaHeadache disordersBrain injuryHeadache specialistsCohort design