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
2017
Three‐year retention in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
Manhapra A, Petrakis I, Rosenheck R. Three‐year retention in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. American Journal On Addictions 2017, 26: 572-580. PMID: 28472543, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderBuprenorphine treatmentLast prescriptionHazards modelUse disordersVeterans Health Administration facilitiesCox proportional hazards modelThree-year retentionProportion hazard modelKaplan-Meier curvesEmergency room visitsPsychotropic drug useVeterans Health AdministrationProportional hazards modelOnly black raceBuprenorphine discontinuationBuprenorphine retentionCharlson indexFirst prescriptionTreatment continuationRoom visitsBlack raceFY 2012Mean durationFiscal year 2012
2004
Relation of age and race with hospital death after acute myocardial infarction
Manhapra A, Canto J, Vaccarino V, Parsons L, Kiefe C, Barron H, Rogers W, Weaver W, Borzak S. Relation of age and race with hospital death after acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2004, 148: 92-98. PMID: 15215797, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHospital mortality rateHigher hospital mortality rateShort-term deathHospital deathMortality rateClinical presentationBlack raceMyocardial infarctionHospital characteristicsRelation of ageEarly treatmentAdjusted hospital mortality ratesHigher crude mortality rateMyocardial Infarction 2Overall crude mortalityCrude mortality rateInfluence of ageCrude mortalityAMI populationNational registryHigher oddsHigh riskUS hospitalsAge groups