Abstract:Objective: To investigate the relationship between community care (CC) treatment, surgical complexity, and postoperative surgical outcomes in spine surgeries among …
Abstract: : Background: The Veteran Crisis Line (VCL) Lethal Means Safety (LMS) Pilot offered cable gun locks or medication take-back envelopes to veteran callers at risk of …
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate whether the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) Caring Letters (CL) intervention impacted outcomes among Veterans at elevated psychiatric risk. Study …
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate whether the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) Caring Letters (CL) intervention impacted outcomes among Veterans at elevated psychiatric risk. Study …
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: There is growing concern that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are shifting the costs of care to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for veterans dually …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The Veteran population is aging rapidly, with already higher rates of disability compared to non-Veteran peers. Consequently, demand for home- and …
Abstract: With the rapid expansion of veterans' access to community care under the Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA …
Abstract: Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are increasingly enrolling veterans. Because MA plans receive full capitated payments regardless of whether or not veterans use Medicare …
Abstract: Importance: Caring letters is an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention in acute care settings, but its outcomes among individuals who contact a national crisis …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the Veterans Health Administration's (VA) 2019 Referral Coordination Initiative (RCI) was associated with changes in the proportion of …
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: This study identifies changes in Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) contact volume following the 988 National Suicide Prevention Hotline rollout, and examines …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. This has prompted the U.S. surgeon general to issue a report describing actionable items to reduce …