Abstract: Increasing veterans’ access to care is a key policy priority for both the US Congress and Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Under the Maintaining Internal Systems …
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: Importance: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the signature injury experienced by military service members and is associated with poor neuropsychiatric outcomes. Yet, …
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant declines in the quality of preventive and chronic disease care. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) used the …
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Lack of timely follow-up of cancer-related abnormal test results can lead to delayed or missed diagnoses, adverse cancer outcomes, and substantial cost burden …
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Migraine is a prevalent and debilitating condition that substantially impacts quality of life. Investigating migraine prevalence, associated comorbidities, …
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Recently passed legislation aimed at improving access to care has considerably expanded options for veterans to receive emergency care in community, or …
Abstract: Importance: With SARS-CoV-2 transforming into an endemic disease and with antiviral treatments available, it is important to establish which patients remain at risk of …
Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become one of the most prevalent battle wounds among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. According to the Defense and Veterans …
Abstract: Importance While brain cancer is rare, it has a very poor prognosis and few established risk factors. To date, epidemiologic work examining the potential association of …
Abstract: Importance The association of COVID-19 infection with outpatient care utilization is unclear. Many studies reported population surveillance studies rather than comparing …
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Problematic anger is prevalent and associated with adjustment difficulties in military populations. To facilitate measurement of problematic anger, a very …