2022
Differences in the Delivery of Medications for Opioid use Disorder during Hospitalization by Racial Categories: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis;
Priest K, King C, Englander H, Lovejoy T, McCarty D. Differences in the Delivery of Medications for Opioid use Disorder during Hospitalization by Racial Categories: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis;. Substance Abuse 2022, 43: 1251-1259. PMID: 35670778, PMCID: PMC10292919, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2022.2074601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderVeterans Health AdministrationWhite patientsUse disordersMOUD deliveryBlack patientsDelivery of buprenorphineType of MOUDRetrospective cohort analysisAcute care hospitalsCOVID-19 pandemic continuesDelivery of medicationsOutpatient clinical environmentLogistic regression modelsMOUD accessAddiction treatment systemCare hospitalStudy cohortSurgical hospitalizationMean ageCohort analysisHospitalizationMOUDPatientsBuprenorphine
2020
Community Outreach for Navajo People Living with Diabetes: Who Benefits Most?
Trevisi L, Orav J, Atwood S, Brown C, Curley C, King C, Muskett O, Sehn H, Nelson A, Begay M, Shin S. Community Outreach for Navajo People Living with Diabetes: Who Benefits Most? Preventing Chronic Disease 2020, 17: e68. PMID: 32701432, PMCID: PMC7380292, DOI: 10.5888/pcd17.200068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care providersBaseline HbACommunity Health RepresentativesMental health conditionsCare providersCOPE patientsHealth conditionsGlycated hemoglobin APrimary care physiciansRoutine health recordsPatient empowerment interventionCommunity outreachDe-identified dataPreferred languageCare physiciansCOPE interventionPatientsHealth representativesDiabetesHealth recordsHemoglobin AHbALinear mixed modelsInterventionEmpowerment interventionTime-to-completed-imaging, survival and function in patients with spinal epidural abscess: Description of a series of 34 patients, 2015–2018
King C, Fisher C, Brown P, Priest K, Tanski M, Sullivan P. Time-to-completed-imaging, survival and function in patients with spinal epidural abscess: Description of a series of 34 patients, 2015–2018. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 119. PMID: 32059715, PMCID: PMC7023770, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-4973-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug useDrug useEpidural abscessEmergency departmentRisk factorsMethodsThis retrospective cohort studySingle academic medical centerMean timeRetrospective cohort studySpinal epidural abscessLife-threatening infectionsAcademic medical centerMulti-center approachShorter mean timeCohort studyNeurologic symptomsBack painClassic triadSignificant morbiditySurgical interventionSingle hospitalQuality improvement workMedical CenterPrompt identificationPatients
2019
Integrating community health representatives with health care systems: clinical outcomes among individuals with diabetes in Navajo Nation
Trevisi L, Orav J, Atwood S, Brown C, Curley C, King C, Muskett O, Sehn H, Nelson K, Begay M, Shin S. Integrating community health representatives with health care systems: clinical outcomes among individuals with diabetes in Navajo Nation. International Journal For Equity In Health 2019, 18: 183. PMID: 31771603, PMCID: PMC6880375, DOI: 10.1186/s12939-019-1097-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity Health RepresentativesClinical outcomesHealth representativesSystolic blood pressureBody mass indexRoutine clinical dataLow-density lipoproteinIntegrated care teamsPatient empowerment interventionHealth care systemHealth service information systemCOPE groupCOPE patientsClinical characteristicsBlood pressureDiabetes mellitusMass indexCare teamClinical dataLipid levelsHome visitsCOPE interventionNavajo populationPatientsClinical sites
2018
Identifying risk factors for 30-day readmission events among American Indian patients with diabetes in the Four Corners region of the southwest from 2009 to 2016
King C, Atwood S, Lozada M, Nelson A, Brown C, Sabo S, Curley C, Muskett O, Orav E, Shin S. Identifying risk factors for 30-day readmission events among American Indian patients with diabetes in the Four Corners region of the southwest from 2009 to 2016. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0195476. PMID: 30070989, PMCID: PMC6071952, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195476.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Primary care and survival among American Indian patients with diabetes in the Southwest United States: Evaluation of a cohort study at Gallup Indian Medical Center, 2009–2016
King C, Atwood S, Brown C, Nelson A, Lozada M, Wei J, Merino M, Curley C, Muskett O, Sabo S, Gampa V, Orav J, Shin S. Primary care and survival among American Indian patients with diabetes in the Southwest United States: Evaluation of a cohort study at Gallup Indian Medical Center, 2009–2016. Primary Care Diabetes 2017, 12: 212-217. PMID: 29229284, DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2017.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overCause of DeathChildCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualDiabetes MellitusFemaleHospitalizationHumansIndians, North AmericanKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrimary Health CareProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSex FactorsSouthwestern United StatesStatistics, NonparametricSurvival AnalysisYoung AdultConceptsPrimary care providersLog-rank testAmerican Indian patientsCare providersIndian patientsCox proportional hazards analysisStudy periodProportional hazards analysisMedian survival timeCause mortalityCohort studyOverall survivalImproved survivalFirst admissionUnadjusted analysesPrimary careMedical CenterSurvival timePatientsAdmissionDiabetesSurvivalHealthcare deliverySignificant differencesHazard analysis