2023
Trends in Risk-Adjusted Initiation and Reduction of Opioid Use among Veterans With Dementia in US Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers
Wang H, Cai S, Caprio T, Goulet J, Intrator O. Trends in Risk-Adjusted Initiation and Reduction of Opioid Use among Veterans With Dementia in US Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2023, 24: 1061-1067.e4. PMID: 36963437, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity Living CentersAdministration dayOpioid cohortMinimum Data SetOpioid administrationGuideline periodVeterans Affairs Community Living CentersLiving CentersMedication administration dataReduction of opioidsSafe pain reliefNursing home residentsFacility-level characteristicsHealth care professionalsVA Central OfficeQuality of careOpioid initiationOpioid dosageNonpharmacologic treatmentsOpioid usePain reliefOpioid misuseRetrospective studyCLC residentsBenzodiazepine administration
2022
Opioid administration trends among long‐stay community living centers residents with dementia
Wang H, Cai S, Caprio T, Goulet J, Intrator O. Opioid administration trends among long‐stay community living centers residents with dementia. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 70: 2393-2403. PMID: 35397116, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17785.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity Living CentersOpioid administrationLong-term opioid administrationPopulation-based observational studyHigh-dose opioidsMedication administration dataLong-term opioidsVA health systemMinimum Data Set dataTreatment of painLength of stayPatient-level covariatesManagement of veteransOpioid medicationsPain assessmentObservational studyOpioidsHealth outcomesAlzheimer's diseaseRelated dementiaNegative binomial regressionHealth systemFiscal year 2013Living CentersAdministration