2023
Fall-related Injuries and Opioid Administration Among Veterans With Dementia in US Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers
Wang H, Cai S, Caprio T, Goulet J, Intrator O. Fall-related Injuries and Opioid Administration Among Veterans With Dementia in US Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers. Medical Care 2023, 61: 579-586. PMID: 37476853, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFall-related injuriesOpioid Safety InitiativeOpioid administrationCLC residentsVeterans Affairs Community Living CentersAlzheimer's diseasePropensity scoreSafety initiativesMinimum Data Set assessmentsMedication administration dataOpioid use reductionPrescription refill dataCommunity Living CentersMedicare Part D dataNursing home residentsLong-stay residentsPart D dataNonopioid usersOpioid useRefill dataUntreated painHome residentsVA CLCsAdjusted probabilityCare recordsComplementary and Integrative Health Approaches and Pain Care Quality in the Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Setting: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
Han L, Luther S, Finch D, Dobscha S, Skanderson M, Bathulapalli H, Fodeh S, Hahm B, Bouayad L, Lee A, Goulet J, Brandt C, Kerns R. Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches and Pain Care Quality in the Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Setting: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 2023, 29: 420-429. PMID: 36971840, PMCID: PMC10280173, DOI: 10.1089/jicm.2022.0686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain care qualityPrimary care settingCIH exposureIntegrative health approachesCare settingsPropensity scorePain managementCIH approachesPCQ scoresPrimary care clinic visitsHealth approachCare qualityInternational clinical guidelinesChronic pain managementPrimary care capacityDeclaration of AstanaVHA initiativesClinic visitsMusculoskeletal painBenefits patientsMassage therapyClinical guidelinesExposure groupCare capacityMusculoskeletal disorders
2015
Long-term Prescription of Opioids and/or Benzodiazepines and Mortality Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients
Weisberg DF, Gordon KS, Barry DT, Becker WC, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Gaither J, Gordon AJ, Goulet J, Kerns RD, Moore BA, Tate J, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. Long-term Prescription of Opioids and/or Benzodiazepines and Mortality Among HIV-Infected and Uninfected Patients. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2015, 69: 223-233. PMID: 26009831, PMCID: PMC4446730, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term opioidsMorphine equivalent daily doseOpioid receiptRisk of deathLong-term prescriptionUninfected patientsOpioid dosesAntiretroviral therapyHazard ratioDaily dosePropensity scoreHigher opioid dosesCause mortalityHIV statusAvailable patientsMortality riskOpioidsHIVPatientsProspective analysisMortalityBenzodiazepinesDosesDeathRisk