2020
Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care
Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L. Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care. Medical Care 2020, 59: 131-138. PMID: 33201084, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-section rateCesarean section rateObstetrical careVeterans AffairsWomen veteransPregnant veteransC-sectionSection rateEdinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scoreHigher body mass indexObservational cohort studyBody mass indexC-section deliveryCommunity care providersDepression Scale scoresPublic health problemQuality of careVA medical facilitiesCross-sectional analysisPostpartum veteransMaternal morbidityCohort studyMass indexObstetrical providersVA careSevere Maternal Morbidity Among a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans
Combellick JL, Bastian LA, Altemus M, Womack JA, Brandt CA, Smith A, Haskell SG. Severe Maternal Morbidity Among a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans. Journal Of Women's Health 2020, 29: 577-584. PMID: 31905319, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2019.7948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere maternal morbidity eventSevere maternal morbidityMaternal morbidityMorbidity eventsVeteran womenVeterans AffairsChart reviewWomen veteransHealth statusPerinatal mental healthSurveillance methodologyWomen's health statusQuality of carePositive predictive valueMental health problemsOperation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn VeteransPregnancy outcomesOperation New Dawn veteransDiseases codesMorbidityInternational ClassificationNew Dawn veteransOutpatient dataPredictive valueHealth problems
2019
Women Veterans’ Experiences with Perceived Gender Bias in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Care
Mattocks K, Casares J, Brown A, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Driscoll M, Haskell S, Bastian L, Brandt C. Women Veterans’ Experiences with Perceived Gender Bias in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Care. Women's Health Issues 2019, 30: 113-119. PMID: 31735581, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2019.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialty care providersPrimary care settingSpecialty careCare providersWomen veteransCare settingsVeterans AffairsWomen veterans' experiencesHealth clinicsHealth trainingWomen's Health TrainingMental health care settingsPrimary care providersWomen's health clinicQuality of careHealth care settingsPatient satisfactionSpecialty providersHormonal fluctuationsVA facilitiesVeterans' experiencesHealth conditionsCareSymptomsWomen
2017
Implementation of guideline-based therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Differences between men and women veterans
Rinne ST, Elwy AR, Liu CF, Wiener RS, Thayer L, Gerity A, Bastian LA. Implementation of guideline-based therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Differences between men and women veterans. Chronic Respiratory Disease 2017, 14: 385-391. PMID: 28618875, PMCID: PMC5729732, DOI: 10.1177/1479972317702141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, InhalationAdrenergic beta-AgonistsCross-Sectional StudiesDrug PrescriptionsDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGuideline AdherenceHumansInappropriate PrescribingMaleMuscarinic AntagonistsPractice Guidelines as TopicPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsSteroidsUnited StatesVeteransConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPD medicationsHospital outcomesPulmonary diseaseBeta agonistsMuscarinic antagonistGuideline-based therapyBaseline patient characteristicsMultivariable logistic regressionLength of stayVeterans Affairs hospitalChronic disease managementCross-sectional studyQuality of careCOPD guidelinesCOPD therapyOral steroidsInhaler therapyCOPD managementPatient characteristicsHospital readmissionSame therapyCurrent guidelinesVA hospitals
2016
Organizational structure for chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Rinne ST, Liu CF, Wong ES, Hebert PL, Heidenreich P, Bastian LA, Au DH. Organizational structure for chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2016, 22: e82-7. PMID: 26978239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareDisease ManagementFemaleHealth Care SurveysHeart FailureHospitals, VeteransHumansMaleOrganizational ObjectivesPatient Care PlanningPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of Health CareSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic heart failureObstructive pulmonary diseaseHeart failurePulmonary diseaseBurden of COPDManagement of CHFGuideline-based careHome monitoring programBurden of diseaseVeterans Affairs facilitiesHospital readmission penaltiesChief of CardiologyQuality of careHigh-quality careCOPD clinicCOPD surveyChief of medicineCHF clinicPulmonary medicineReadmission penaltiesMeasures of qualityCareDiseaseDisease management