2024
Trends in Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration, 2005-2022
Gorfinkel L, Malte C, Fink D, Mannes Z, Wall M, Olfson M, Livne O, Keyhani S, Keyes K, Martins S, Cerdá M, Gutkind S, Maynard C, Saxon A, Simpson T, Gonsalves G, Lu H, McDowell Y, Hasin D. Trends in Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration, 2005-2022. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2451821. PMID: 39705031, PMCID: PMC11662256, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.51821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationOpioid use disorder diagnosisNon-Hispanic white patientsOpioid use disorderPrevalence of opioid use disorderCross-sectional studyHealth AdministrationVHA Corporate Data WarehouseVeterans Health Administration facilitiesElectronic health record dataNational Veterans Health AdministrationVeterans Health Administration patientsRecord dataNon-Hispanic Black patientsElectronic medical record dataContinued public health effortsWhite patientsHealth record dataPublic health effortsCorporate Data WarehouseMedical record dataMultivariate logistic regression modelUse disorderLogistic regression modelsBurden of opioid use disorder
2021
Health Care Utilization Before and After the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order Among People Born in Muslim-Majority Countries and Living in the US
Samuels EA, Orr L, White EB, Saadi A, Padela AI, Westerhaus M, Bhatt AD, Agrawal P, Wang D, Gonsalves G. Health Care Utilization Before and After the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order Among People Born in Muslim-Majority Countries and Living in the US. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2118216. PMID: 34328502, PMCID: PMC8325073, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAppointments and SchedulesEmergency Service, HospitalEmigrants and ImmigrantsEmigration and ImmigrationFemaleHumansIslamMaleMiddle AgedMinnesotaPatient Acceptance of Health CarePrimary Health CareRefugeesRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsPrimary care appointmentsHealth care utilizationED visitsCare appointmentsCohort studyCare utilizationEmergency departmentGroup 1Primary care clinic visitsAdditional ED visitsRetrospective cohort studyPrimary care visitsPrimary care clinicsCare visitsAdult patientsClinic visitsPrimary outcomeCare clinicsStudy groupMAIN OUTCOMEGroup 2Group 3Visit trendsPatientsVisits
2020
Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Centers Requires the Release of Detainees.
Lopez WD, Kline N, LeBrón AMW, Novak NL, De Trinidad Young ME, Gonsalves G, Mishori R, Safi BA, Kysel IM. Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Centers Requires the Release of Detainees. American Journal Of Public Health 2020, 111: 110-115. PMID: 33211577, PMCID: PMC7750591, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.305968.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
New Hepatitis C Drugs Are Very Costly And Unavailable To Many State Prisoners
Beckman AL, Bilinski A, Boyko R, Camp GM, Wall AT, Lim JK, Wang EA, Bruce RD, Gonsalves GS. New Hepatitis C Drugs Are Very Costly And Unavailable To Many State Prisoners. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 1893-1901. PMID: 27702964, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C epidemicHepatitis CC epidemicDrug discount programsLedipasvir/sofosbuvirTwelve-week courseNew hepatitis C drugsHealth care facilitiesHepatitis C drugsAntiviral medicationsCare facilitiesC drugsMedicationsSofosbuvirDiscount programPharmaceutical companiesEpidemicDepartmentDepartment of CorrectionsAntiviralsState prisonersState prisonsRelease
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