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Primary care practice organization influences colorectal cancer screening performanceElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1130-49. 2007..To identify primary care practice characteristics associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening performance, controlling for patient-level factors...- Determinants of successful clinical networks: the conceptual framework and study protocolMary Haines
Sax Institute, Haymarket, Australia
Implement Sci 7:16. 2012.... - Implementation and spread of interventions into the multilevel context of routine practice and policy: implications for the cancer care continuumElizabeth M Yano
Veterans Health Administration Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 16111 Plummer St Mailcode 152, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2012:86-99. 2012.... - Yield of practice-based depression screening in VA primary care settingsElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:331-8. 2012..Yearly depression screening by PC staff is mandated in the VA, yet little is known about the expected yield from such screening when administered on a practice-wide basis... - Implementing collaborative care for depression treatment in primary care: a cluster randomized evaluation of a quality improvement practice redesignEdmund F Chaney
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Implement Sci 6:121. 2011..The study used EBQI methods for CCM redesign, tested the effectiveness of the locally adapted model as implemented, and assessed the contextual factors shaping intervention effectiveness... - Prevalence and trends of selected urologic conditions for VA healthcare usersMin Woong Sohn
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Edward Hines, JR VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
BMC Urol 6:30. 2006..The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence rates and trends of urologic cancers and selected benign conditions from 1999 to 2002 for VHA users... - The evolution of changes in primary care delivery underlying the Veterans Health Administration's quality transformationElizabeth M Yano
Veterans Health Administration Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, Los Angeles, Calif 91343, USA
Am J Public Health 97:2151-9. 2007..We examined the evolution of primary care changes underlying VA's transformation... - Toward a VA Women's Health Research Agenda: setting evidence-based priorities to improve the health and health care of women veteransElizabeth M Yano
HSR and D Center of Excellence, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S93-101. 2006..This paper summarizes the process and outcomes of this effort, outlining VA's research priorities for biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation, and health services research... 
Diffusion of innovation in women's health care delivery: the Department of Veterans Affairs' adoption of women's health clinicsElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, 16111 Plummer Street 152, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 16:226-35. 2006..We report on the diffusion and characteristics of VA women's health clinics (WHCs) 10 years later...- Integration of women veterans into VA quality improvement research efforts: what researchers need to knowElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence, 16111 Plummer Street, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:56-61. 2010..We then discuss challenges and potential solutions for increasing representation of women veterans in VA research, including steps for implementation research... 
Using research to transform care for women veterans: advancing the research agenda and enhancing research-clinical partnershipsElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence for Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Los Angeles, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S73-83. 2011....- Targeting primary care referrals to smoking cessation clinics does not improve quit rates: implementing evidence-based interventions into practiceElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda VA Ambulatory Care Center 152, 16111 Plummer Street, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Health Serv Res 43:1637-61. 2008..To evaluate the impact of a locally adapted evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) approach to implementation of smoking cessation guidelines into routine practice... - Measuring the quality of colorectal cancer screening: the importance of follow-upDavid A Etzioni
Department of General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90403, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 49:1002-10. 2006..However, 41 percent of patients with positive fecal occult blood tests failed to receive follow-up testing. Efforts to measure the quality of colorectal cancer screening programs should focus on the entire diagnostic process... - Assessing the structure of smoking cessation care in the Veterans Health AdministrationScott E Sherman
Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:313-8. 2006..Facilities routinely measure the processes of care but not the structure of care. This pilot study assessed the structure of smoking cessation care at Veterans Health Administration facilities... - Gender differences in smoking and smoking cessation treatment: an examination of the organizational features related to careMelissa M Farmer
VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S182-9. 2011.... - Design of a continuous quality improvement program to prevent falls among community-dwelling older adults in an integrated healthcare systemDavid A Ganz
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence, 16111 Plummer Street, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:206. 2009..We sought to develop a sustainable local fall prevention program, using theory to guide program development... - Availability of gynecologic services in the department of veterans affairsMichelle D Seelig
Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, HSR and D Center of Excellence, Seattle, Washington, USA
Womens Health Issues 18:167-73. 2008..We evaluated onsite availability of gynecologic services, clinic type and staffing arrangements, and the impact of having a gynecology clinic (GYN) and/or an obstetrician gynecologist (OBGYN) routinely available... - Federally funded comprehensive women's health centers: leading innovation in women's healthcare deliveryBevanne Bean-Mayberry
VA HSR and D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:1281-90. 2007..Little is known, however, about details of their organization, staffing, practice arrangements, and service availability that might inform adoption of similar models in the community... - The organization and delivery of women's health care in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CenterElizabeth M Yano
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center and Nursing Home, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 13:55-61. 2003..This article reports on the first national assessment of variations in the organization of care for women veterans... - Assessing the institutional approach to implementing smoking cessation practice guidelines in veterans health administration facilitiesScott E Sherman
Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development, Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Mil Med 171:80-7. 2006..Future research should evaluate whether this approach provides adequate access and responsiveness to patient preferences for the full population of smokers in primary care... - Smokers' interest in quitting and services received: using practice information to plan quality improvement and policy for smoking cessationScott E Sherman
Veterans Health Administration Health Services Research and Development Service Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, California, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:33-9. 2005..Tobacco control efforts within this population should focus on increasing the rate of assisting patients with quitting... - VA emergency health care for women: condition--critical or stable?Donna L Washington
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
Womens Health Issues 16:133-8. 2006..However, the challenge of providing comprehensive care to a group that is an extreme minority within VA may still leave gaps in the delivery of necessary health care services... - Clinic-level process of care for depression in primary care settingsJacqueline J Fickel
Veterans Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 36:144-58. 2009..This individuality of usual care should be defined prior to quality improvement interventions, and may provide insights for introducing or tailoring changes, as well as improving interpretation of evaluation results... - Variations in nurse practitioner use in Veterans Affairs primary care practicesPatty Y Huang
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Health Serv Res 39:887-904. 2004.... - Risk factors for homelessness among women veteransDonna L Washington
Health and Equity at the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:82-91. 2010..Women veterans are three to four times more likely than non-veteran women to become homeless. However, their risk factors for homelessness have not been defined... - Availability of comprehensive women's health care through Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CenterDonna L Washington
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, California 90073, USA
Womens Health Issues 13:50-4. 2003..Future work should evaluate cost and quality trade-offs between using non-VA sites to increase specialized service availability and using VA sites to enhance continuity of care... - Gender differences in smoking cessation services received among veteransScott E Sherman
VA Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 15:126-33. 2005..We compared the baseline characteristics of male and female smokers and then assessed the smoking cessation services they received to determine whether there are important gender differences in care... - Systematic review of women veterans' health: update on successes and gapsBevanne Bean-Mayberry
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S84-97. 2011..We assessed the state of women veterans' health research by conducting a systematic review of scientific literature published from 2004 to 2008, updating a prior review spanning the history of this literature to 2004... - Combining women's preferences and expert advice to design a tailored smoking cessation programJUDITH R KATZBURG
Veteran s Affairs Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda, CA, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:2114-37. 2009..The study's implications and limitations are noted. This research (conducted in Los Angeles, California) was funded by the American Legacy Foundation with additional VA support... - What patient population does visit-based sampling in primary care settings represent?Martin L Lee
Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center for Exellence, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Med Care 40:761-70. 2002..Evaluations of outpatient interventions often rely on consecutive sampling of clinic visitors, and assume that study results generalize to the population of patients cared for... - Primary care practice and facility quality orientation: influence on breast and cervical cancer screening ratesCaroline Lubick Goldzweig
Division of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard 111 G, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:265-72. 2004..Despite the importance of early cancer detection, variation in screening rates among physicians is high. Insights into factors influencing variation can guide efforts to decrease variation and increase screening rates... - Access to care for women veterans: delayed healthcare and unmet needDonna L Washington
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:655-61. 2011..Eliminating access disparities requires a better understanding of the barriers to care that women veterans' experience... - Tailoring VA primary care to women veterans: association with patient-rated quality and satisfactionDonna L Washington
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, Sepulveda, California, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S112-9. 2011..We assessed women veterans' ratings of their VA health care quality, gender-related satisfaction, gender appropriateness, and VA provider skills in treating women, in relation to primary care model at VA sites nationwide... - Does sex influence immunization status for influenza and pneumonia in older veterans?Bevanne Bean-Mayberry
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Center for Study of Health Care Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1427-32. 2009..To compare the prevalence of influenza and pneumococcal immunization rates according to sex in a national sample of older veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system... - Determinants of contraceptive availability at medical facilities in the Department of Veterans AffairsJacqueline R Cope
ValleyCare, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S33-9. 2006..Further research is needed to determine how fragmentation of women's care into reproductive and nonreproductive services impacts access to contraception and the incidence of unintended pregnancy... - To use or not to use. What influences why women veterans choose VA health careDonna L Washington
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S11-8. 2006..Effects of advances in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) women's health care on women veterans' health care decision making are unknown. Our objective was to determine why women veterans use or do not use VA health care... - Addressing physician concerns about performance profiling: experience with a local Veterans Affairs quality evaluation programSony Ta
UCLA Department of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Med Qual 24:123-31. 2009..Risk adjustment did not substantially change performance. The addition of clinically relevant quality measures and simple statistics appeared to enhance the characterization of performance by this profiling program... - Primary care - mental health collaboration: an example of assessing usual practice and potential barriersJacqueline J Fickel
Veterans Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Interprof Care 21:207-16. 2007..We identify strategies that can help overcome the barriers to collaboration that our informants most commonly identified... - The impact of integrated HIV care on patient health outcomesTuyen Hoang
Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA, USA
Med Care 47:560-7. 2009..Yet many HIV-infected patients have comorbidities that pose social and clinical barriers to achieving viral suppression. Integration of subspecialty services into HIV primary care may overcome such barriers... - Memory impairment among primary care veteransJoshua Chodosh
VA Greater Los Angeles Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Sepulveda, CA, USA
Aging Ment Health 11:444-50. 2007..Memory impairment is common among older primary care patients without diagnosed dementia. Knowing patients' concerns about memory impairment and their desire to discuss these concerns may facilitate cognitive screening in this setting... - National variations in VA mental health care for women veteransSabine M Oishi
VA HSR and D Center of Excellence for Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S130-7. 2011..We assessed variations in women's mental health care delivery arrangements in VA facilities nationwide... - Description, development, and philosophies of mental health service delivery for female veterans in the VA: a qualitative studyCasey Macgregor
VA HSR and D Center of Excellence for Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S138-44. 2011..National Veterans Health Administration (VA) organizational data suggested the presence of separate and formal mental health services for female veterans, prompting qualitative exploration of their structure and development... - Impact of the Northridge earthquake on the mental health of veterans: results from a panel studyAram Dobalian
VHA Emergency Management Evaluation Center, North Hills, CA 91343, USA
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 5:S220-6. 2011..This article examines the earthquake's impact on the mental health of an existing cohort of veterans who had previously used the Sepulveda Veterans Health Administration Medical Center... - Health care for American Indian and Alaska native womenB Josea Kramer
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
Womens Health Issues 19:135-43. 2009..Little was known about these women's patterns of health care utilization when VHA and IHS executed a resource-sharing agreement in 2003 to improve access and health outcomes... - Early adoption of human immunodeficiency virus quality improvement in Veterans Affairs medical centers: use of organizational surveys to measure readiness to change and adapt interventions to local prioritiesHenry D Anaya
VA Greater Los Angeles HSR and D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, USA
Am J Med Qual 19:137-44. 2004..The persistence of regional variation should be further explored. Organizational surveys of attitudes toward potential QI interventions can assist in choosing interventions and targeting specific facilities... - The burden of illness in the first year home: do male and female VA users differ in health conditions and healthcare utilizationSally G Haskell
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:92-7. 2011..we sought to describe gender differences in medical and mental health conditions and health care utilization among veterans who used Veterans Health Administration (VA) services in the first year after combat in Iraq and Afghanistan... - 'To take care of the patients': Qualitative analysis of Veterans Health Administration personnel experiences with a clinical informatics systemLaura M Bonner
Health Services Research and Development Northwest Center of Excellence for Outcomes Research in Older Adults, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USA
Implement Sci 5:63. 2010..EHRs in general have been difficult to implement, with unclear cost-effectiveness. We describe VA clinical personnel interactions with and evaluations of the EHR... - Mental illness: is there an association with cancer screening among women veterans?Ellen F T Yee
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87108, New Mexico, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S195-202. 2011..Mental illness may be a barrier to achieving timely and appropriate cancer screening. We evaluated the association of mental illness with receipt of and adherence to breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening among women Veterans... - Women and war. What physicians should knowMaureen Murdoch
Section of General Internal Medicine, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S5-10. 2006..We then describe some of the medical and psychiatric conditions associated with military service... - Understanding health care organization needs and context. Beyond performance gapsLaura K Kochevar
VA Colorectal Cancer QUERI and Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research Minneapolis VAMC, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S25-9. 2006..We provide a theoretical framework for our need to understand organizational contexts and how organizational characteristics can alert us to situations where preimplementation tools will prove most valuable... - Ethnic disparities in the use of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation in an equal access health care systemSteven S Fu
Section of General Internal Medicine, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:108-16. 2005..To examine ethnic variations in the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in an equal access health care system... - Organizational contexts of primary care approaches for managing problem drinkingKathleen Schutte
Center for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park Division MPD 152 795, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 36:435-45. 2009..However, PC-based practices were found to take more responsibility for managing patients' chronic conditions and had more staff for decision support activities... - Management of mental disorders in VA primary care practicesAmy M Kilbourne
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:208-14. 2006..VA primary care programs, while tending to refer for more serious mental illnesses, may also be using mental health specialists and physician extenders to provide mental health care within general medical settings... - Determinants of readiness for primary care-mental health integration (PC-MHI) in the VA Health Care SystemEvelyn T Chang
VA Greater Los Angeles, General Internal Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 28:353-62. 2013..While several evidence-based models exist for depression care, little is known about the relationships between PC practice characteristics, model characteristics, and the practice's choices regarding model adoption... - Medical center characteristics associated with PSA screening in elderly veterans with limited life expectancyCynthia So
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:653-60. 2012..Although guidelines recommend against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in elderly men with limited life expectancy, screening is common... - HIV testing of at risk patients in a large integrated health care systemDouglas K Owens
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:315-20. 2007..Understanding HIV screening practices and barriers to HIV testing is an important prelude to designing successful HIV screening programs. Our objective was to evaluate current practice patterns for identification of HIV... - The impact of primary care resources on prevention practicesLynn M Soban
VA Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, California 91343, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 28:241-53. 2005..Assuring high-quality prevention performance requires ongoing investment in primary care-based infrastructure... - Patterns of management of urethral stricture disease in the Veterans Affairs systemJennifer T Anger
Department of Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Urology 78:454-8. 2011..To date, few health services research studies have evaluated patterns of care for urethral stricture disease using national datasets... - Smoking cessation care received by veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseScott E Sherman
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 40:1-12. 2003..The increase in cessation services received by smokers with COPD was noted primarily among smokers not interested in quitting. New approaches may be required, particularly to help smokers not interested in quitting... - Organization and management of care for military veterans with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CentersElizabeth M Yano
Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Mil Med 170:952-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the organization and management of VA-based HIV services will help design systematic quality improvement efforts and meet the treatment needs of HIV-infected veterans... - The state of women veterans' health research. Results of a systematic literature reviewCaroline L Goldzweig
Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S82-92. 2006..Assess the state of women veterans' health research... - Use of general medical services by VA patients with psychiatric disordersAlexander S Young
Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Paacific Mental Illness Reserch, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:874-8. 2002..Interventions to improve medical care may need to be tailored to the population being targeted... - Organizational characteristics associated with the availability of women's health clinics for primary care in the Veterans Health AdministrationBevanne A Bean-Mayberry
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA
Mil Med 172:824-8. 2007..Our objective was to understand organizational influences on the development of WHCs for PC delivery in Veterans Health Administration (VA) facilities... - Urologic diseases in America Project: analytical methods and principal findingsMark S Litwin
Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 173:933-7. 2005..We undertook a project, Urologic Diseases in America, to quantify the burden of urological diseases on the American public... - Structural and process factors affecting the implementation of antimicrobial resistance prevention and control strategies in U.S. hospitalsAnn F Chou
Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health and College Medicine, University of Oklahoma, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 33:308-22. 2008..However, little is known about the implementation of these strategies... - Primary care practice management in rural and urban Veterans Health Administration settingsWilliam B Weeks
Veterans Administration Medical Center, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
J Rural Health 18:298-303. 2002.... - Gender disparities in Veterans Health Administration care: importance of accounting for veteran statusSusan M Frayne
Center for Health Care Evaluation, 795 Willow Road 152 MPD, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA
Med Care 46:549-53. 2008..Historically, such appraisals have often relied on secondary databases, with little attention to methodological implications of the fact that VHA provides care to some nonveteran patients... - Lipid screening in HIV-infected veteransP Todd Korthuis
Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland 97239 3098, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:253-60. 2004..Lipid screening is recommended for patients taking protease inhibitors (PIs)... - Veterans Affairs primary care organizational characteristics associated with better diabetes controlGeorge L Jackson
Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
Am J Manag Care 11:225-37. 2005..To examine organizational features of Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care programs hypothesized to be associated with better diabetes control, as indicated by hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) levels... - Gender and use of care: planning for tomorrow's Veterans Health AdministrationSusan M Frayne
Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:1188-99. 2007..With more women entering the system, a systematic assessment of their healthcare use and costs of care is needed. We examined how utilization and costs of VHA care differ in women veterans compared with men veterans... - Primary care provider attitudes are associated with smoking cessation counseling and referralLisa S Meredith
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Med Care 43:929-34. 2005..Most primary care providers (PCPs) endorse the importance of smoking cessation, but counseling rates are low. We evaluated the consistency of PCP's attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling and corresponding smoking-cessation behaviors... - Prevalence of depression-PTSD comorbidity: implications for clinical practice guidelines and primary care-based interventionsDuncan G Campbell
Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:711-8. 2007..Compared to those with depression alone, depressed patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience more severe psychiatric symptomatology and factors that complicate treatment... - Teaching systems-based practice to primary care physicians to foster routine implementation of evidence-based depression careScott E Sherman
Veterans Health Administration VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York 10010, USA
Acad Med 82:168-75. 2007..Overall, the program was somewhat effective at teaching systems-based practice. The authors believe the best way to enhance effectiveness is to build education into the system rather than rely on a separate system for education... - Urologic disease burden in the United States: veteran users of Department of Veterans Affairs healthcareJennifer T Anger
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California 90404, USA
Urology 72:37-41; discussion 41. 2008..S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services and to assess variations by selected sociodemographic characteristics...