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| Margot B KushelSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Evaluating electronic referrals for specialty care at a public hospitalJudy E Kim-Hwang
Internal Medicine Residency Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1123-8. 2010..San Francisco General Hospital implemented an electronic referral system (eReferral) that facilitates iterative pre-visit communication between referring and specialty clinicians to improve the referral process...- Coming home: health status and homelessness risk of older pre-release prisonersBrie A Williams
Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1038-44. 2010..Moreover, most post-release services are geared towards veterans; it is unknown whether the needs of non-veterans differ from those of veterans... - Not perfect, but better: primary care providers' experiences with electronic referrals in a safety net health systemYeuen Kim
Division of Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 95128, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:614-9. 2009.... 
Homelessness and health care access after emancipation: results from the Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning of Former Foster YouthMargot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital, Box 1364, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:986-93. 2007..To estimate the association between housing status and health care access and outcomes among young adults aging out of the child welfare system...- Housing instability and food insecurity as barriers to health care among low-income AmericansMargot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:71-7. 2006..Homelessness and hunger are associated with poor health outcomes. Housing instability and food insecurity describe less severe problems securing housing and food... - End-of-life care for homeless patients: "she says she is there to help me in any situation"Margot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, CA 94143, USA
JAMA 296:2959-66. 2006..Developing inpatient palliative care services at hospitals that serve many homeless people could improve the end-of-life care homeless people receive... - Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDSSheri D Weiser
Division of HIV AIDS, San Francisco General Hospital, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:1729S-1739S. 2011..More research on the relative importance of each of these pathways is warranted because effective interventions to reduce food insecurity and HIV depend on a rigorous understanding of these multifaceted relationships... - Food insecurity among homeless and marginally housed individuals living with HIV/AIDS in San FranciscoSheri D Weiser
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
AIDS Behav 13:841-8. 2009..Screening for and addressing food insecurity should be a critical component of HIV prevention and treatment programs... 
Specific psychiatric correlates of acute care utilization among unstably housed HIV-positive adultsMaggie Chartier
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
AIDS Care 24:1514-8. 2012..88) and stimulant use disorders (AOR = 4.45) were associated with greater odds of acute care use. Housing and effective treatment of depression and stimulant use disorders may decrease use of acute care services in this population...- Occurrence and characteristics of chronic pain in a community-based cohort of indigent adults living with HIV infectionChristine Miaskowski
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Pain 12:1004-16. 2011..Participants reported pain severity similar to those with metastatic cancer. Despite high rates of substance use disorders, approximately half received prescriptions for opioid analgesics, although few for long-acting agents... - Revolving doors: imprisonment among the homeless and marginally housed populationMargot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco at SF General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1747-52. 2005..We studied a sample of homeless and marginally housed adults to examine whether a history of imprisonment was associated with differences in health status, drug use, and sexual behaviors among the homeless... - Associations between housing instability and food insecurity with health care access in low-income childrenChristine T Ma
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, CA 94143 1364, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:50-7. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine the association between housing instability and food insecurity with children's health care access and acute health care utilization... - BRIEF REPORT: the aging of the homeless population: fourteen-year trends in San FranciscoJudith A Hahn
Epi Center, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 1372, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:775-8. 2006..Homelessness is associated with high rates of health and substance use problems... - No door to lock: victimization among homeless and marginally housed personsMargot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:2492-9. 2003..To determine the prevalence, distribution, and factors associated with sexual and physical assault, we surveyed homeless and marginally housed adults in San Francisco, Calif... - Association between the level of housing instability, economic standing and health care access: a meta-regressionKristen W Reid
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:1212-28. 2008..To determine the relationship between housing instability, economic standing, and access to health care and use of acute care services... - Food insecurity is associated with greater acute care utilization among HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed individuals in San FranciscoSheri D Weiser
Division of HIV AIDS, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, POB 0874, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Gen Intern Med 28:91-8. 2013..There are few data on the extent to which food insecurity impacts patterns of health-care utilization among HIV-infected individuals... - Public health care utilization in a cohort of homeless adult applicants to a supportive housing programEric R Kessell
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
J Urban Health 83:860-73. 2006..The consistently high use of services across multiple domains and across multiple years speaks to the level of infirmity of this population and the costs of caring for its members... - Non-English speakers attend gastroenterology clinic appointments at higher rates than English speakers in a vulnerable patient populationJustin L Sewell
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
J Clin Gastroenterol 43:652-60. 2009..We sought to identify factors associated with gastroenterology clinic attendance in an urban safety net healthcare system... - Primary care providers' views on chronic pain management among high-risk patients in safety net settingsMaya Vijayaraghavan
Division of General Internal Medicine San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94143 1364, USA
Pain Med 13:1141-8. 2012..We examined chronic pain management practices and confidence and satisfaction levels in treating chronic pain among primary care providers (PCPs) who cared for high-risk patients in safety net health settings... - From homeless to hopeless and healthless?: the health impacts of housing challenges among former foster care youth transitioning to adulthood in CaliforniaIrene H Yen
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 0856, USA
Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs 32:77-93. 2009.... - Primary care providers’ judgments of opioid analgesic misuse in a community-based cohort of HIV-infected indigent adultsMaya Vijayaraghavan
Division of General Internal Medicine San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1364, San Francisco, CA 94143 1364, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:412-8. 2011..Primary care providers (PCPs) must balance treatment of chronic non-cancer pain with opioid analgesics with concerns about opioid misuse... - Implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit is associated with antiretroviral therapy interruptionsMoupali Das-Douglas
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
AIDS Behav 13:1-9. 2009..Directed interventions to monitor the long-term effects of increased cost burden on interruptions and clinical outcomes and to reduce cost burden are necessary to avoid preventable increases in morbidity and mortality... - Emergency department use among the homeless and marginally housed: results from a community-based studyMargot B Kushel
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California at San Francisco San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, Calif 94143, USA
Am J Public Health 92:778-84. 2002..This study examined factors associated with emergency department use among homeless and marginally housed persons... - Food insecurity is associated with diabetes mellitus: results from the National Health Examination and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002Hilary K Seligman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1018-23. 2007..There is a clear association between food insecurity and obesity among women, but little is known about the relationship between food insecurity and type 2 diabetes... - Food insecurity is associated with chronic disease among low-income NHANES participantsHilary K Seligman
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Nutr 140:304-10. 2010..08). These data show that food insecurity is associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Health policy discussions should focus increased attention on ability to afford high-quality foods for adults with or at risk for chronic disease... - Trends in multidrug treatment failure and subsequent mortality among antiretroviral therapy-experienced patients with HIV infection in North AmericaSteven G Deeks
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, San Diego, CA 94110, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:1582-90. 2009.... - Knowledge of and interest in hepatitis C treatment at a methadone clinicAlexander Y Walley
Adult Medicine, Dimock Community Health Center, Boston, MA 02119, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 28:181-7. 2005..Our findings suggest that methadone programs can play an important role in increasing access to HCV treatment through educating patients about treatment options...
Research Grants
- Pain and Misuse of Prescription Opioids in a Community-Based HIV-Infected CohortMargot Kushel; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results of this research will inform future practice to improve our understanding of risk factors for misuse and provide guidance for reducing misuse and addiction. ..
- Pain and Misuse of Prescription Opioids in a Community-Based HIV-Infected CohortMargot Kushel; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results of this research will inform future practice to improve our understanding of risk factors for misuse and provide guidance for reducing misuse and addiction. ..