2023
Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers
Goulet J, Cheng Y, Becker W, Brandt C, Sandbrink F, Workman T, Ma P, Libin A, Shara N, Spevak C, Kupersmith J, Zeng-Treitler Q. Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1148189. PMID: 37124766, PMCID: PMC10141670, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1148189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderNew opioid prescriptionsOpioid prescriptionsOUD diagnosisVA careUse disordersPrevalence of OUDVeterans Affairs Medical CenterGuideline-concordant careRetrospective cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionNon-VA sourcesVeterans Administration dataCommunity care servicesPrescription sourceUS healthcare systemOpioid medicationsOpioid useCohort studyConcordant careActive patientsVA cliniciansIntra-class correlationMedical CenterWhite race
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