• Author: Kelly J. Hunt
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Screening and referral for social needs among Veterans: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract: Background: Healthcare-based social need screening and referral (S&R) among adult populations has produced equivocal results regarding social need resource connection. …

Acute kidney injury and subsequent kidney failure with replacement therapy incidence in older adults with advanced CKD: A cohort study of U.S. Veterans

Abstract: Rationale and objective: Advanced age is a major risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) development, which has high heterogeneity in disease progression. Acute …

Geographic, patient, and VA medical center variation in the receipt and mode of primary care in a national sample of Veterans with diabetes during 2020

Abstract: While telemedicine infrastructure was in place within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) healthcare system before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, geographically …

Plasma Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) Levels Predict Myocardial Infarction in the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) Cohort

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), also known as CCN2, is a potent chemotactic and extracellular matrix-inducing matricellular protein that has been …