2021
Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services?
Manhapra A, Stefanovics EA, Rhee TG, Rosenheck RA. Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services? The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2021, 209: 702-709. PMID: 33993183, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationPosttraumatic stress disorderHealth service usersMH service usersSubstance use disorder diagnosisClinical practice guidelinesMental health servicesMental health service usersClinical characteristicsMedicaid insurancePain interferenceService usersBlack raceSimilar prevalenceMental health researchMH researchPractice guidelinesGreater prevalenceHealth AdministrationHealth servicesPTSD diagnosisRacial distributionMH statusStress disorderDisorder diagnosis
2020
Initiating Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid use Disorder Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration: Who Gets What?
Manhapra A, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. Initiating Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid use Disorder Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration: Who Gets What? Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2020, 41: 110-120. PMID: 31403914, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1640831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist treatmentOpioid use disorderMethadone maintenance treatmentUse disordersOAT initiationAgonist treatmentHigher oddsMultivariate logistic regression modelVeterans Health AdministrationNational administrative dataDrug use variablesLogistic regression modelsMMT initiationPatient characteristicsIndependent predictorsMaintenance treatmentBlack raceFiscal year 2012Inpatient treatmentLower oddsBuprenorphineHealth AdministrationOpioid crisisSociodemographic characteristicsPatients