2006 HSR&D Annual Meeting Abstracts
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Groeneveld
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Racial Differences in Procedures: Are VAMCs with Large Minority Populations Underusing Technology?
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Plenary
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Young
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Evaluating a Chronic Care Model Designed to Improve Treatment for Schizophrenia (EQUIP)
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Plenary
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Stroupe
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Cost-Effectiveness of Angioplasty versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts for High-Risk Patients
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Plenary
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Fortney
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Telemedicine-Based Collaborative Care To Reduce Rural Disparities
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Plenary
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Kivlahan
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Health Status Changes with Onsite vs. Referral Primary Care for Veterans in Addictions Treatment
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Plenary
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Van Houtven
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Racial Disparities in Preventable Hospitalization In Community-Dwelling Veterans with Dementia
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Paper
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Piette
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Differential Medication Adherence Among Veterans with Multiple Chronic Illnesses
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Paper
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Arnold
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Death, Where is Thy Record? Death Ascertainment for Veterans
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Paper
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Dominitz
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Racial Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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Paper
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Tiwari
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Assessing Facility Performance in Achieving Intensive Glycemic Control: Who Should be Profiled?
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Paper
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Spiegel
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Effectiveness of a Model Physician-Patient Relationship in Veterans with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Paper
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Hanlon
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Incidence and Predictors of All and Preventable Adverse Drug Reactions in Frail Elderly Outpatients
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Paper
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Weaver
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Evaluation of Three Models of All-Inclusive Care for Frail Elderly Veterans
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Paper
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Sohn
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Transition to the New Race/Ethnicity Data Collection Standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Paper
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Reker
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Stroke Guideline Compliance and Patient Outcomes
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Paper
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Bormann
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Efficacy of Mantram Repetition on Spirituality in HIV-Infected Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Paper
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Yano
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Unintended Consequences of Evidence-Based QI:Smoking Cessation Clinic Referral Doesn’t Improve Quits
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Paper
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Steinman
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Polypharmacy and Prescribing Quality in Elderly Veterans
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Paper
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Zeber
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Ethnicity, Perceptions of Therapeutic Alliance, and Adherence in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
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Paper
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Mortensen
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Impact of Prior Statin Use on Mortality for Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Paper
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Rosen
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Identification of Patient Safety Events from VA Administrative Data: Is it Valid?
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Paper
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Prentice
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Delayed Access to Health Care and Mortality
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Paper
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Seal
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VA Post-Deployment Screening and Treatment Referral of OEF/OIF Veterans
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Paper
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Borzecki
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The Effect of Age on Hypertension Control and Management
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Paper
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Groeneveld
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Racial Differences in Attitudes Toward Innovative Medical Technology
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Paper
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Kaboli
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The VA Enhanced Pharmacy Outpatient Clinic (EPOC) Trial: A Randomized-Controlled Intervention
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Paper
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Anaya
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Improving HIV Screening with Rapid Testing and Streamlined Counseling
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Paper
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Blevins
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Planning Effective Educational Interventions for Clinicians in Complex Mental Health Service Systems
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Paper
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Heisler
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Racial Disparities in Diabetes Care Processes, Outcomes, and Treatment Intensity
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Paper
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Alessi
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Sleep Disturbance and Functional Recovery Among Older People Undergoing Post-Acute Rehabilitation
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Paper
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Liu
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Improving Access to Primary Care Services: Open New Clinics or Contract with Community Providers?
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Paper
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Wakefield
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Resource Use in Veterans with Congestive Heart Failure Following a Home Telehealth Intervention
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Paper
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Popescu
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Disparity in Coronary Interventions in Patients Admitted to VA Hospitals without Revascularization
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Paper
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Partin
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Who Uses Decision Aids? Findings from a Trial Comparing Two Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Aids
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Paper
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Partin
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Promoting Repeat Treatment Among Relapsed Smokers: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Paper
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Levine
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Double Head Images? Dual Brain Imaging in Veterans Hospitalized with Acute Ischemic Stroke (IS)
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Paper
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Holmes
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Inequity of Not Assessing Veterans’ Attitudes Informed by Military Service: Detainee-Abuse Example
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Paper
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Rosenheck
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Dissemination of Supported Employment for Homeless Veterans: Impact on Two-Year Client Outcomes
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Paper
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Mularski
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Racial Disparity in Site of Death: African-Americans and Hispanics at Higher Risk for Hospital Death
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Paper
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Wright
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Quality of Care and Race in the VA
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Paper
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Himelhoch
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Understanding Associations between Serious Mental Illness and HIV: A National Multivariate Analysis
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Paper
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Vogel
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Cost of Home-Telehealth Programs for Chronic Diseases with Selection Bias and Regression to the Mean
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Paper
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Dobscha
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Randomized Controlled Trial of a Low-Intensity Collaborative Intervention for Depression
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Paper
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Ilgen
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Treatment Intensity and Symptom Severity in Patients with Substance Use Disorders
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Paper
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Kern
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Prescription of Diuretics with Angiotensin System Inhibitors in Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
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Paper
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Butterfield
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Adverse Impact of Involuntary Hospitalization on Perceptions of Psychiatric Care in Veterans
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Paper
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Kaboli
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Impact of VA/Private Sector Co-Management on Blood Pressure Control and Guideline Concordant Therapy
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Paper
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Smith
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Barriers to Following Guideline Recommendations for Antipsychotic Medication Management
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Paper
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Hofer
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Providers Vary Substantially in their Propensity to Intensify Blood Pressure Treatment
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Paper
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Chumbler
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The Cost-Utility of a Home-Telehealth Program for Veterans with Diabetes
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Paper
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Sloan
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Where Best to Invest? Model Information vs. Model Selection when Evaluating Facility Performance
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Paper
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Rupper
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The VA Donut Hole: Lower Drug Co-Pays Through Medicare for Many Veterans Living Near Poverty
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Paper
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Doshi
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Impact of a Medication Co-Payment Increase on Blood Pressure Among Veterans
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Paper
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Vijan
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Using Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs) to Measure Quality of Care in Diabetes
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Paper
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Griffin
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Prevalence and Variation of Health Literacy Skills among Veterans
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Paper
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Resnick
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What Makes Vocational Rehabilitation Effective? Program Elements and Employment Outcomes Nationally
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Paper
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Petersen
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Is There Overlap of Coding of Diagnoses for Veterans Who Use Both VA and Medicare Services?
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Paper
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Wagner
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The Cost Effectiveness of An Outreach Intervention for High-Risk Women with Abnormal Pap Smears
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Paper
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Bennett
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Prostate Cancer in Hispanics: An Emerging Focus of Patient Concern?
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Paper
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Volpp
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Racial Disparities: A Comparison of Outcomes from Inpatient Admission in VA and Non-VA Hospitals
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Paper
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Collins
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Risk for Death Following Limb Surgery in Veterans with Peripheral Arterial Disease
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Paper
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Gordon
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Racial Differences in Doctors’ Information Giving and Patients’ Participation
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Paper
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Martins
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Impact of Decision Support for Hypertension on Clinicians’ Prescribing and Patients’ Blood Pressures
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Paper
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McDermott
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Factors Associated with Reperfusion for ST Segment Elevation MI Patients in VHA Facilities
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Paper
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Phansalkar
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Development of the QUASII (QUality Assessment of Studies in Informatics Implementations) Instrument
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Paper
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Bowman
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Sustained Use of Implemented Quality Improvement in VA HIV Care
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Paper
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Haskell
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Veteran Women's Experiences with Discontinuing Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Paper
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McCarthy
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No-Shows Among Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Transportation Matters
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Paper
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Kales
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The Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia: Is There An Increased Risk of Mortality?
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Paper
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Desai
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HIV Testing, Receipt of Results, and Post-Test Counseling among Veterans with Serious Mental Illness
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Paper
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Dubbert
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Effects of Nurse Counseling on Walking and Strength Exercise in Aging Veterans
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Paper
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Stroupe
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Cost of End-Stage Renal Disease Care for Veterans Receiving Dialysis in VA vs. Non-VA Facilities
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Paper
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Bush
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Risk and Awareness of Peripheral Vascular Disease in Women Veterans
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Paper
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Hasche
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Identifying Primarily Outpatient Pharmacy (POP) Users in the VA: An Update
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Paper
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Morgan
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Use of VA Pharmacy Services by Medicare HMO Enrollees
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Paper
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Sox-Harris
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Three Ways to Improve the Validity of Statistical Results
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Workshop
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Smith
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Advances in Utilization and Cost Data
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Workshop
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Piette
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The Impact of Prescription Drug Co-Payments on the Care and Outcomes of Chronically-Ill Veterans
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Workshop
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Kressin
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Career and Time Management Strategies: Advice from Successful Colleagues
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Workshop
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Jackson
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Building Quality Improvement Partnerships in the VA: The Colorectal Cancer Care Collaborative
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Workshop
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Kaboli
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Hospitalists: Review of Research, Current Trends, and Research Opportunities in VA
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Workshop
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Kallen
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Self-Report Measures in Disparities Research: Assessing Measurement Bias in Diverse Populations
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Workshop
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Browning
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Clinical Decision Support Systems: The Iterative Process of Design
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Workshop
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Murphy
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New VIReC Tools for Researchers Using VA Data
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Workshop
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Li
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Value and Challenge in Measuring and Managing Staffing and Other Nursing Factors in Acute Care
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Workshop
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Luck
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Marketing: An Essential Component for Effectively Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions in VA
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Workshop
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Sobo
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Regional Implementation Research: Lessons from QUERI-HIV
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Workshop
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Saliba
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Giving Voice to Vulnerable Older Adults: Methodological Challenges
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Workshop
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Bryan
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Demystifying the Scientific Review Process
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Workshop
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Zillich
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Antimicrobial Use Control Measures to Prevent and Control Antimicrobial Resistance in US Hospitals
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Poster
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DeBenedetti
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Veteran Substance Use Disorder Patients with Fewer Resources Benefit More from 12-Step Groups
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Poster
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Weiner
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Defining and Exposing Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
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Poster
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West
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Greater Mental Distress Among Younger VA Patients in BRFSS Surveys During and After the Iraq Invasion
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Poster
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O'Hare
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Geography Matters: Residential Segregation by Race and Dialysis Patient and Facility Outcomes
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Poster
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Krein
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Does Self-Efficacy Mediate the Influence of Chronic Pain on Patients’ Self-Care Adherence?
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Poster
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Zheng
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VHA and Non-VHA Post-Stroke Rehospitalization by Veterans with Acute Stroke
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Poster
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Wallace
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Rural/Urban Disparities in Health-Related Quality of Life
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Poster
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Wolinsky
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Dual Use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: Are There Adverse Health Outcomes?
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Poster
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Rajan
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Facility Level Variation in Patient Footcare Education: Implications for Performance Measurement
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Poster
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Shen
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Obesity and VHA Cost of Treating Veterans with Diabetes
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Poster
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Krein
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Adoption of Infection Prevention Practices by VA and Non-VA Hospitals
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Poster
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Maney
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Impact of Self-Reported Social/Health Data on Facility Level Ranking of Improved Glycemic Control
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Poster
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Hagedorn
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The Liver Health Initiative: Offering Hepatitis Prevention Services during Substance Abuse Treatment
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Poster
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Wilt
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Spirometry as a Biomotivator to Improve Smoking Cessation Rates: Results from Randomized Trials
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Poster
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Zeber
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The Role of Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions on Health Status in Veterans with Epilepsy
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Poster
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Yu
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Regional Variations of Aggressive Medicare Treatments in VA and Medicare Hospitals
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Poster
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Barnett
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Lack of Racial Variation in the Use of ACE-I or ARB Therapy in Primary Care Patients with Diabetes and Hypertension
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Poster
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DiMartino
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Patient Characteristics Associated with Participation in DNA Banking: National Veterans ALS Registry
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Poster
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Barnett
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Comparison of Rates of Inappropriate Medications in a VA and Private Sector Population
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Poster
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Cowper
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Geographic Variation in Veterans' Receipt of Specialized Stroke Rehabilitation
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Poster
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Murdoch
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Association Between Sexual Harassment and Adverse Outcomes After Controlling for Other Traumas
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Poster
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Golightly
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Racial Differences in Treatment Decision-Making among Veterans with Osteoarthritis
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Poster
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Litaker
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Provider Efficacy and Attitudes and Their Relationship to Treatment Outcomes
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Poster
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Martin
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Daytime Sleeping is Associated with Receiving Less Therapy Among Older Rehabilitation Patients
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Poster
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Flanagan
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Facility and Provider-Level Determinants of Depression Screening Adherence
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Poster
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Kerr
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Challenges in Treating Patients with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: Perceptions of Primary Care Providers
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Poster
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Klamerus
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Knowledge of Blood Pressure Targets and Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring among Patients with Diabetes
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Poster
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Zeber
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Ethnicity and the Impact of Higher Medication Copayments among Veterans with Schizophrenia
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Poster
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Groeneveld
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Racial Differences in Expectations of Joint Replacement Outcomes among Veterans with Osteoarthritis
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Poster
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Barnett
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The Effectiveness of a Care Coordination/Home-Telehealth Program for Veterans with Diabetes
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Poster
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Weeks
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Using AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators to Identify Vulnerable Populations in the VA
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Poster
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Weeks
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Where Do VA Patients Obtain Transplant Care?
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Poster
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Weeks
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Financial and Travel Time Ramifications of Moving VA CABG Care to the Private Sector in New York
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Poster
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Kwon
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Quality of Oral Anticoagulant Treatment among Atrial Fibrillation Patients Post-Stroke
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Poster
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Lemke
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Characterizing the Clinical Challenges of Younger VA Nursing Home Patients
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Poster
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Pugh
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Assessing Inappropriate Prescribing for the Elderly Using a New Quality Measure
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Poster
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Mittal
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Evacuation of SMI Veterans During Natural Disasters
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Poster
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Maynard
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The Prevalence and Outcomes of In-Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction in the VHA
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Poster
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Selim
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Risk Adjusted Mortality as an Indicator of Outcomes
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Poster
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Walsh
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Reversing Inflation of Outpatient Pharmaceutical Costs in a VA Medical Center
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Poster
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Jia
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The Impact of Psychosocial Factors and CD4 Count on HRQoL Change among HIV-Infected Veterans
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Poster
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Christiansen
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Patient Safety: How Do VA Hospitals Compare to Non-VA Hospitals on Rates of Patient Safety Events?
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Poster
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Levine
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Brain MRI in Acute Ischemic Stroke (IS): Do New Approaches Diffuse Equally to Blacks and Whites?
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Poster
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Walter
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Relationship of Health Status and Screening PSA among Elderly Veterans
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Poster
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Goetz
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Development and Implementation of a Clinical Reminder for HIV Testing
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Poster
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Butchart
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The Burden of Chronic Pain among VA Patients
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Poster
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Kilbourne
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Race, Polypharmacy, and Metabolic Risk Factors in Veterans with Bipolar Disorder
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Poster
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Kilbourne
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Access to and Satisfaction with Medical Care among Patients with Serious Mental Illness
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Poster
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Friedemann-Sánchez
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Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening Barriers and Preferences Among Female and Male Veterans
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Poster
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LaVela
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Smoking Decisions and Behaviors of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders
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Poster
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Parada
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Medical Responses to Small-Scale Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax Attacks: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
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Poster
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Spehar
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Concomitant Use of Benzodiazepines and Other Drugs and Risk of Injury in Community-Dwelling Veterans
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Poster
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Boggs
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Childhood Violence is Associated with Aggression and Suicidal Ideation in Males with PTSD
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Poster
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Boggs
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Racial Differences in Validity of Psychometric Test Data in Veterans Being Evaluated for PTSD
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Poster
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Roberts
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An Examination of Interpersonal Violence in Women with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder
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Poster
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Boggs
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Higher Rates of Suicidality in Women Veterans With Depression and Comorbid PTSD
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Poster
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Rosen
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Substance Abuse Related Mortality Among VA Psychiatric Patients
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Poster
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Holsinger
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Patient’s Perceptions of the Acceptability, Risks, and Benefits of Dementia Screening
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Poster
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Sernyak
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Pharmacoepidemiology of PTSD Treatment
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Poster
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Jones
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Screening and Recognition of Depression in Primary Care among Veterans with Diabetes Mellitus
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Poster
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Watts
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Small Area Analysis of Psychiatric Admissions in Northern New England
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Poster
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Vogel
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Comparative Performance of Function-Based Risk Adjustment Systems for Stroke Outcomes in the VHA
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Poster
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Palacios
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The Impact of Rehabilitation Nurses’ Characteristics on Patient Outcomes in Inpatient Settings
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Poster
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Stecker
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Patterns of Health Services Use Associated with VA Substance Abuse Treatment
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Poster
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Steckart
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Case Finding in Palliative Care: Development and Evaluation of a Resident Prognostication Tool
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Poster
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Noel
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Self-Management Learning Needs of Veterans with Multimorbidity
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Poster
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Berlowitz
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Do Diagnoses Contribute to Predictions of Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes?
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Poster
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Yano
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Diffusion of Innovation: The VA’s Experiment in Delivering Comprehensive Women’s Health Care
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Poster
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Wilt
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Antibiotic Utilization: High in Male Veterans with Chronic Prostatitis and Varies by Region and Rate
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Poster
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Greiner
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Organizational Factors and ICU Patient Outcomes in VHA
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Poster
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Wallace
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Tobacco Counseling Across the Ages
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Poster
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Bair
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Implementation of Pain as the 5th Vital Sign Initiative and Trends in Analgesic Prescriptions
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Poster
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Yeager
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Selecting an Optimal Cutscore for the PTSD Checklist (PCL) in VA Primary Care Settings
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Poster
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Kelly
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What Do VA Clinicians Believe about PTSD Treatability?
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Poster
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Raugi
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Identifying Foot Care Needs in Diverse High-Risk Veterans
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Poster
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Kline
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Demographic and Risk Factor Profiles of Substance Abusing Homeless Veterans
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Poster
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Chren
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Patient-Reported Outcome of Treatments for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in a VA Clinic Compared with a Private Practice
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Poster
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Sun
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Race and the Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Veterans with Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Poster
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Woodbridge
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Systems Engineering Tools in Healthcare Delivery: Simulating Advanced Clinic Access Patient Recall
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Poster
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Greiner
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A Comparison of Four AMI Mortality Risk Adjustment Models
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Poster
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Gifford
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Tablet Audio Computer-Assisted Patient Interview to Assess Medication Adherence in Veterans with HIV
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Poster
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Valenstein
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The Stability of Medication Adherence Among Patients with Schizophrenia
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Poster
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Cronkite
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The Long-Term Course of Depression: Comparing VA and Non-VA Patients
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Poster
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Groessl
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Implementing Pharmacist Support and Pager Reminders for Antiretroviral (ARV) Adherence in Veterans
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Poster
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Phibbs
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Gender Differences in Medical Conditions, Utilization, and Costs of Care for Veterans Using VA Care
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Poster
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Schutte
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Identifying Gaps in Guideline Concordant Care for MDD: A National Study
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Poster
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Sales
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Association Between Nurse Staffing and Education and Inpatient Mortality in VHA
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Poster
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Housen
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Feasibility of Including Self-Reported Preferences in VA Nursing Home Resident Assessments
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Poster
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Lowy
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Race or Region? Examining Race Disparities in AMI Mortality in VHA
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Poster
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Derleth
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Estimating Preference Weighted Health Status from SF-36 Responses for the ACQUIP (VA) Patients
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Poster
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McCarthy
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Nursing Home Placement Among VA Patients with and without Serious Mental Illness
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Poster
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Bean-Mayberry
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Effect of Gender and Race on Receipt of Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations in VA
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Poster
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Sauer
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Serum Potassium Monitoring in Veterans Using Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Inhibition
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Poster
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Dubbert
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Are Physical and/or Cognitive Activity Associated with Cognitive Performance in Aging Men?
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Poster
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Wei
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Use Spanish Surname Match to Reduce Bias in Interpreting Medicare Data for Hispanic/White Veterans
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Poster
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Zimmer
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Effects of Increased Copayment on Antidepressant Prescription Fill Rates in VA Patients
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Poster
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