Abstract: Women Veterans are the fastest growing demographic within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Substance use disorders (SUDs) are among the many conditions for …
Abstract: Rural veterans experience more challenges than their urban peers in accessing primary care services, which can negatively impact their health and wellbeing. The factors …
Abstract: Surveys of people who experience homelessness can portray their life and healthcare experiences with a level of statistical precision; however, few have explored how the …
Abstract: The role of primary care in a disaster has too often been poorly defined and poorly understood. Due to its relative low-cost adaptability and closeness to the community, …
Abstract: Background: Home health aides are important but often overlooked members of care teams, providing functional and emotional support to patients. These services became …
Abstract: A military veteran is anyone who has served in the regular or reserve UK Armed Forces for a minimum of 1 day. There are an estimated 2.4 million veterans in the UK, …
Abstract: Models of interdisciplinary primary care (IPC) may improve upon traditional primary care approaches in addressing addiction and social determinants of health. The …
Abstract: Background: Reducing access to lethal means is one of the few empirically supported approaches for lowering suicide rates, and safe firearms storage practices have been …
Abstract: Background: Benzodiazepines, opioids, proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), and antibiotics are frequently prescribed inappropriately by primary care physicians (PCPs), without …
Abstract: Background: The 2018 MISSION Act sought to improve Veterans' access to primary care by allowing Veterans living more than 30 min from VA care to utilize non-VA clinics. …
Abstract: Introduction : Chronic pain management is challenging for clinicians as it requires knowledge of a broad range of clinical practice guidelines alongside emerging tools …
Abstract: Military general practice requires wider knowledge and more diverse skillset than that defined by the Royal College of General Practitioners curriculum. Following …