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2006 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts

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Groeneveld
Racial Differences in Procedures: Are VAMCs with Large Minority Populations Underusing Technology?
Plenary
Young
Evaluating a Chronic Care Model Designed to Improve Treatment for Schizophrenia (EQUIP)
Plenary
Stroupe
Cost-Effectiveness of Angioplasty versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts for High-Risk Patients
Plenary
Fortney
Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care To Reduce Rural Disparities
Plenary
Kivlahan
Health Status Changes with Onsite vs. Referral Primary Care for Veterans in Addictions Treatment
Plenary
Van Houtven
Racial Disparities in Preventable Hospitalization In Community-Dwelling Veterans with Dementia
Paper
Piette
Differential Medication Adherence Among Veterans with Multiple Chronic Illnesses
Paper
Arnold
Death, Where is Thy Record? Death Ascertainment for Veterans
Paper
Dominitz
Racial Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Paper
Tiwari
Assessing Facility Performance in Achieving Intensive Glycemic Control: Who Should be Profiled?
Paper
Spiegel
Effectiveness of a Model Physician-Patient Relationship in Veterans with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Paper
Hanlon
Incidence and Predictors of All and Preventable Adverse Drug Reactions in Frail Elderly Outpatients
Paper
Weaver
Evaluation of Three Models of All-Inclusive Care for Frail Elderly Veterans
Paper
Sohn
Transition to the New Race/Ethnicity Data Collection Standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Paper
Reker
Stroke Guideline Compliance and Patient Outcomes
Paper
Bormann
Efficacy of Mantram Repetition on Spirituality in HIV-Infected Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Paper
Yano
Unintended Consequences of Evidence-Based QI:Smoking Cessation Clinic Referral Doesn’t Improve Quits
Paper
Steinman
Polypharmacy and Prescribing Quality in Elderly Veterans
Paper
Zeber
Ethnicity, Perceptions of Therapeutic Alliance, and Adherence in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
Paper
Mortensen
Impact of Prior Statin Use on Mortality for Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Paper
Rosen
Identification of Patient Safety Events from VA Administrative Data: Is it Valid?
Paper
Prentice
Delayed Access to Health Care and Mortality
Paper
Seal
VA Post-Deployment Screening and Treatment Referral of OEF/OIF Veterans
Paper
Borzecki
The Effect of Age on Hypertension Control and Management
Paper
Groeneveld
Racial Differences in Attitudes Toward Innovative Medical Technology
Paper
Kaboli
The VA Enhanced Pharmacy Outpatient Clinic (EPOC) Trial: A Randomized-Controlled Intervention
Paper
Anaya
Improving HIV Screening with Rapid Testing and Streamlined Counseling
Paper
Blevins
Planning Effective Educational Interventions for Clinicians in Complex Mental Health Service Systems
Paper
Heisler
Racial Disparities in Diabetes Care Processes, Outcomes, and Treatment Intensity
Paper
Alessi
Sleep Disturbance and Functional Recovery Among Older People Undergoing Post-Acute Rehabilitation
Paper
Liu
Improving Access to Primary Care Services: Open New Clinics or Contract with Community Providers?
Paper
Wakefield
Resource Use in Veterans with Congestive Heart Failure Following a Home Telehealth Intervention
Paper
Popescu
Disparity in Coronary Interventions in Patients Admitted to VA Hospitals without Revascularization
Paper
Partin
Who Uses Decision Aids? Findings from a Trial Comparing Two Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Aids
Paper
Partin
Promoting Repeat Treatment Among Relapsed Smokers: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Paper
Levine
Double Head Images? Dual Brain Imaging in Veterans Hospitalized with Acute Ischemic Stroke (IS)
Paper
Holmes
Inequity of Not Assessing Veterans’ Attitudes Informed by Military Service: Detainee-Abuse Example
Paper
Rosenheck
Dissemination of Supported Employment for Homeless Veterans: Impact on Two-Year Client Outcomes
Paper
Mularski
Racial Disparity in Site of Death: African-Americans and Hispanics at Higher Risk for Hospital Death
Paper
Wright
Quality of Care and Race in the VA
Paper
Himelhoch
Understanding Associations between Serious Mental Illness and HIV: A National Multivariate Analysis
Paper
Vogel
Cost of Home-Telehealth Programs for Chronic Diseases with Selection Bias and Regression to the Mean
Paper
Dobscha
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Low-Intensity Collaborative Intervention for Depression
Paper
Ilgen
Treatment Intensity and Symptom Severity in Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Paper
Kern
Prescription of Diuretics with Angiotensin System Inhibitors in Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Paper
Butterfield
Adverse Impact of Involuntary Hospitalization on Perceptions of Psychiatric Care in Veterans
Paper
Kaboli
Impact of VA/Private Sector Co-Management on Blood Pressure Control and Guideline Concordant Therapy
Paper
Smith
Barriers to Following Guideline Recommendations for Antipsychotic Medication Management
Paper
Hofer
Providers Vary Substantially in their Propensity to Intensify Blood Pressure Treatment
Paper
Chumbler
The Cost-Utility of a Home-Telehealth Program for Veterans with Diabetes
Paper
Sloan
Where Best to Invest? Model Information vs. Model Selection when Evaluating Facility Performance
Paper
Rupper
The VA Donut Hole: Lower Drug Co-Pays Through Medicare for Many Veterans Living Near Poverty
Paper
Doshi
Impact of a Medication Co-Payment Increase on Blood Pressure Among Veterans
Paper
Vijan
Using Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs) to Measure Quality of Care in Diabetes
Paper
Griffin
Prevalence and Variation of Health Literacy Skills among Veterans
Paper
Resnick
What Makes Vocational Rehabilitation Effective? Program Elements and Employment Outcomes Nationally
Paper
Petersen
Is There Overlap of Coding of Diagnoses for Veterans Who Use Both VA and Medicare Services?
Paper
Wagner
The Cost Effectiveness of An Outreach Intervention for High-Risk Women with Abnormal Pap Smears
Paper
Bennett
Prostate Cancer in Hispanics: An Emerging Focus of Patient Concern?
Paper
Volpp
Racial Disparities: A Comparison of Outcomes from Inpatient Admission in VA and Non-VA Hospitals
Paper
Collins
Risk for Death Following Limb Surgery in Veterans with Peripheral Arterial Disease
Paper
Gordon
Racial Differences in Doctors’ Information Giving and Patients’ Participation
Paper
Martins
Impact of Decision Support for Hypertension on Clinicians’ Prescribing and Patients’ Blood Pressures
Paper
McDermott
Factors Associated with Reperfusion for ST Segment Elevation MI Patients in VHA Facilities
Paper
Phansalkar
Development of the QUASII (QUality Assessment of Studies in Informatics Implementations) Instrument
Paper
Bowman
Sustained Use of Implemented Quality Improvement in VA HIV Care
Paper
Haskell
Veteran Women's Experiences with Discontinuing Hormone Replacement Therapy
Paper
McCarthy
No-Shows Among Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Transportation Matters
Paper
Kales
The Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia: Is There An Increased Risk of Mortality?
Paper
Desai
HIV Testing, Receipt of Results, and Post-Test Counseling among Veterans with Serious Mental Illness
Paper
Dubbert
Effects of Nurse Counseling on Walking and Strength Exercise in Aging Veterans
Paper
Stroupe
Cost of End-Stage Renal Disease Care for Veterans Receiving Dialysis in VA vs. Non-VA Facilities
Paper
Bush
Risk and Awareness of Peripheral Vascular Disease in Women Veterans
Paper
Hasche
Identifying Primarily Outpatient Pharmacy (POP) Users in the VA: An Update
Paper
Morgan
Use of VA Pharmacy Services by Medicare HMO Enrollees
Paper
Sox-Harris
Three Ways to Improve the Validity of Statistical Results
Workshop
Smith
Advances in Utilization and Cost Data
Workshop
Piette
The Impact of Prescription Drug Co-Payments on the Care and Outcomes of Chronically-Ill Veterans
Workshop
Kressin
Career and Time Management Strategies: Advice from Successful Colleagues
Workshop
Jackson
Building Quality Improvement Partnerships in the VA: The Colorectal Cancer Care Collaborative
Workshop
Kaboli
Hospitalists: Review of Research, Current Trends, and Research Opportunities in VA
Workshop
Kallen
Self-Report Measures in Disparities Research: Assessing Measurement Bias in Diverse Populations
Workshop
Browning
Clinical Decision Support Systems: The Iterative Process of Design
Workshop
Murphy
New VIReC Tools for Researchers Using VA Data
Workshop
Li
Value and Challenge in Measuring and Managing Staffing and Other Nursing Factors in Acute Care
Workshop
Luck
Marketing: An Essential Component for Effectively Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions in VA
Workshop
Sobo
Regional Implementation Research: Lessons from QUERI-HIV
Workshop
Saliba
Giving Voice to Vulnerable Older Adults: Methodological Challenges
Workshop
Bryan
Demystifying the Scientific Review Process
Workshop
Zillich
Antimicrobial Use Control Measures to Prevent and Control Antimicrobial Resistance in US Hospitals
Poster
DeBenedetti
Veteran Substance Use Disorder Patients with Fewer Resources Benefit More from 12-Step Groups
Poster
Weiner
Defining and Exposing Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
Poster
West
Greater Mental Distress Among Younger VA Patients in BRFSS Surveys During and After the Iraq Invasion
Poster
O'Hare
Geography Matters: Residential Segregation by Race and Dialysis Patient and Facility Outcomes
Poster
Krein
Does Self-Efficacy Mediate the Influence of Chronic Pain on Patients’ Self-Care Adherence?
Poster
Zheng
VHA and Non-VHA Post-Stroke Rehospitalization by Veterans with Acute Stroke
Poster
Wallace
Rural/Urban Disparities in Health-Related Quality of Life
Poster
Wolinsky
Dual Use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: Are There Adverse Health Outcomes?
Poster
Rajan
Facility Level Variation in Patient Footcare Education: Implications for Performance Measurement
Poster
Shen
Obesity and VHA Cost of Treating Veterans with Diabetes
Poster
Krein
Adoption of Infection Prevention Practices by VA and Non-VA Hospitals
Poster
Maney
Impact of Self-Reported Social/Health Data on Facility Level Ranking of Improved Glycemic Control
Poster
Hagedorn
The Liver Health Initiative: Offering Hepatitis Prevention Services during Substance Abuse Treatment
Poster
Wilt
Spirometry as a Biomotivator to Improve Smoking Cessation Rates: Results from Randomized Trials
Poster
Zeber
The Role of Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions on Health Status in Veterans with Epilepsy
Poster
Yu
Regional Variations of Aggressive Medicare Treatments in VA and Medicare Hospitals
Poster
Barnett
Lack of Racial Variation in the Use of ACE-I or ARB Therapy in Primary Care Patients with Diabetes and Hypertension
Poster
DiMartino
Patient Characteristics Associated with Participation in DNA Banking: National Veterans ALS Registry
Poster
Barnett
Comparison of Rates of Inappropriate Medications in a VA and Private Sector Population
Poster
Cowper
Geographic Variation in Veterans' Receipt of Specialized Stroke Rehabilitation
Poster
Murdoch
Association Between Sexual Harassment and Adverse Outcomes After Controlling for Other Traumas
Poster
Golightly
Racial Differences in Treatment Decision-Making among Veterans with Osteoarthritis
Poster
Litaker
Provider Efficacy and Attitudes and Their Relationship to Treatment Outcomes
Poster
Martin
Daytime Sleeping is Associated with Receiving Less Therapy Among Older Rehabilitation Patients
Poster
Flanagan
Facility and Provider-Level Determinants of Depression Screening Adherence
Poster
Kerr
Challenges in Treating Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: Perceptions of Primary Care Providers
Poster
Klamerus
Knowledge of Blood Pressure Targets and Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring among Patients with Diabetes
Poster
Zeber
Ethnicity and the Impact of Higher Medication Copayments among Veterans with Schizophrenia
Poster
Groeneveld
Racial Differences in Expectations of Joint Replacement Outcomes among Veterans with Osteoarthritis
Poster
Barnett
The Effectiveness of a Care Coordination/Home-Telehealth Program for Veterans with Diabetes
Poster
Weeks
Using AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators to Identify Vulnerable Populations in the VA
Poster
Weeks
Where Do VA Patients Obtain Transplant Care?
Poster
Weeks
Financial and Travel Time Ramifications of Moving VA CABG Care to the Private Sector in New York
Poster
Kwon
Quality of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment among Atrial Fibrillation Patients Post-Stroke
Poster
Lemke
Characterizing the Clinical Challenges of Younger VA Nursing Home Patients
Poster
Pugh
Assessing Inappropriate Prescribing for the Elderly Using a New Quality Measure
Poster
Mittal
Evacuation of SMI Veterans During Natural Disasters
Poster
Maynard
The Prevalence and Outcomes of In-Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction in the VHA
Poster
Selim
Risk Adjusted Mortality as an Indicator of Outcomes
Poster
Walsh
Reversing Inflation of Outpatient Pharmaceutical Costs in a VA Medical Center
Poster
Jia
The Impact of Psychosocial Factors and CD4 Count on HRQoL Change among HIV-Infected Veterans
Poster
Christiansen
Patient Safety: How Do VA Hospitals Compare to Non-VA Hospitals on Rates of Patient Safety Events?
Poster
Levine
Brain MRI in Acute Ischemic Stroke (IS): Do New Approaches Diffuse Equally to Blacks and Whites?
Poster
Walter
Relationship of Health Status and Screening PSA among Elderly Veterans
Poster
Goetz
Development and Implementation of a Clinical Reminder for HIV Testing
Poster
Butchart
The Burden of Chronic Pain among VA Patients
Poster
Kilbourne
Race, Polypharmacy, and Metabolic Risk Factors in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder
Poster
Kilbourne
Access to and Satisfaction with Medical Care among Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Poster
Friedemann-Sánchez
Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening Barriers and Preferences Among Female and Male Veterans
Poster
LaVela
Smoking Decisions and Behaviors of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders
Poster
Parada
Medical Responses to Small-Scale Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax Attacks: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Poster
Spehar
Concomitant Use of Benzodiazepines and Other Drugs and Risk of Injury in Community-Dwelling Veterans
Poster
Boggs
Childhood Violence is Associated with Aggression and Suicidal Ideation in Males with PTSD
Poster
Boggs
Racial Differences in Validity of Psychometric Test Data in Veterans Being Evaluated for PTSD
Poster
Roberts
An Examination of Interpersonal Violence in Women with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder
Poster
Boggs
Higher Rates of Suicidality in Women Veterans With Depression and Comorbid PTSD
Poster
Rosen
Substance Abuse Related Mortality Among VA Psychiatric Patients
Poster
Holsinger
Patient’s Perceptions of the Acceptability, Risks, and Benefits of Dementia Screening
Poster
Sernyak
Pharmacoepidemiology of PTSD Treatment
Poster
Jones
Screening and Recognition of Depression in Primary Care among Veterans with Diabetes Mellitus
Poster
Watts
Small Area Analysis of Psychiatric Admissions in Northern New England
Poster
Vogel
Comparative Performance of Function-Based Risk Adjustment Systems for Stroke Outcomes in the VHA
Poster
Palacios
The Impact of Rehabilitation Nurses’ Characteristics on Patient Outcomes in Inpatient Settings
Poster
Stecker
Patterns of Health Services Use Associated with VA Substance Abuse Treatment
Poster
Steckart
Case Finding in Palliative Care: Development and Evaluation of a Resident Prognostication Tool
Poster
Noel
Self-Management Learning Needs of Veterans with Multimorbidity
Poster
Berlowitz
Do Diagnoses Contribute to Predictions of Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes?
Poster
Yano
Diffusion of Innovation: The VA’s Experiment in Delivering Comprehensive Women’s Health Care
Poster
Wilt
Antibiotic Utilization: High in Male Veterans with Chronic Prostatitis and Varies by Region and Rate
Poster
Greiner
Organizational Factors and ICU Patient Outcomes in VHA
Poster
Wallace
Tobacco Counseling Across the Ages
Poster
Bair
Implementation of Pain as the 5th Vital Sign Initiative and Trends in Analgesic Prescriptions
Poster
Yeager
Selecting an Optimal Cutscore for the PTSD Checklist (PCL) in VA Primary Care Settings
Poster
Kelly
What Do VA Clinicians Believe about PTSD Treatability?
Poster
Raugi
Identifying Foot Care Needs in Diverse High-Risk Veterans
Poster
Kline
Demographic and Risk Factor Profiles of Substance Abusing Homeless Veterans
Poster
Chren
Patient-Reported Outcome of Treatments for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in a VA Clinic Compared with a Private Practice
Poster
Sun
Race and the Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Veterans with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Poster
Woodbridge
Systems Engineering Tools in Healthcare Delivery: Simulating Advanced Clinic Access Patient Recall
Poster
Greiner
A Comparison of Four AMI Mortality Risk Adjustment Models
Poster
Gifford
Tablet Audio Computer-Assisted Patient Interview to Assess Medication Adherence in Veterans with HIV
Poster
Valenstein
The Stability of Medication Adherence Among Patients with Schizophrenia
Poster
Cronkite
The Long-Term Course of Depression: Comparing VA and Non-VA Patients
Poster
Groessl
Implementing Pharmacist Support and Pager Reminders for Antiretroviral (ARV) Adherence in Veterans
Poster
Phibbs
Gender Differences in Medical Conditions, Utilization, and Costs of Care for Veterans Using VA Care
Poster
Schutte
Identifying Gaps in Guideline Concordant Care for MDD: A National Study
Poster
Sales
Association Between Nurse Staffing and Education and Inpatient Mortality in VHA
Poster
Housen
Feasibility of Including Self-Reported Preferences in VA Nursing Home Resident Assessments
Poster
Lowy
Race or Region? Examining Race Disparities in AMI Mortality in VHA
Poster
Derleth
Estimating Preference Weighted Health Status from SF-36 Responses for the ACQUIP (VA) Patients
Poster
McCarthy
Nursing Home Placement Among VA Patients with and without Serious Mental Illness
Poster
Bean-Mayberry
Effect of Gender and Race on Receipt of Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations in VA
Poster
Sauer
Serum Potassium Monitoring in Veterans Using Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Inhibition
Poster
Dubbert
Are Physical and/or Cognitive Activity Associated with Cognitive Performance in Aging Men?
Poster
Wei
Use Spanish Surname Match to Reduce Bias in Interpreting Medicare Data for Hispanic/White Veterans
Poster
Zimmer
Effects of Increased Copayment on Antidepressant Prescription Fill Rates in VA Patients
Poster