2024
Changes in Outpatient Health Care Use After COVID-19 Infection Among Veterans
Hebert P, Kumbier K, Smith V, Hynes D, Govier D, Wong E, Kaufman B, Shepherd-Banigan M, Rowneki M, Bohnert A, Ioannou G, Boyko E, Iwashyna T, O’Hare A, Bowling C, Viglianti E, Maciejewski M, Admon A, Akgun K, Anderson L, Anderson S, Aslan M, Au D, Backus L, Bajema K, Baraff A, Batten L, Berkowitz T, Bernstein T, Berry Wyatt K, Bogdan J, Borgerding J, Bosworth H, Boucher N, Burwick N, Byrd K, Cabrales A, Cano J, Chai W, Chen J, Cheung K, Crothers K, Cummin G, Curtis J, Davis M, Del Monico E, Dennis P, Dobalian A, Doll J, Dominitz J, Eastment M, Fan V, Ferguson J, Floyd B, Fox A, Goetz M, Green P, Hastings S, Hauschildt K, Hawkins E, Helfand M, Hickok A, Horowitz D, Hough C, Hu E, Ikuta K, Jones B, Jones M, Kamphius L, Knight S, Korpak A, Korpela P, Langa K, Laundry R, Lavin S, Li Y, Lindquist J, McCready H, Meyer C, Michel M, Miles A, Milne J, Monahan M, Morelli D, Mutalik P, Naylor J, Niederhausen M, Newell S, Nugent S, Ong M, Osborne T, Peterson M, Peterson A, Prescott H, Pura J, Rajeevan N, Reddy A, Rouse M, Saha S, Saini S, Seelye S, Shah J, Shahoumian T, Shaukat A, Showalter W, Slatore C, Smith B, Smith N, Streja E, Suri P, Sussman J, Takata Y, Teo A, Thomas E, Thomas L, Tuepker A, Turner A, Veigulis Z, Vig E, Vranas K, Wang X, Wicks K, Winchell K, Womer J, Woods C, Wysham K, Yan L, Zulman D. Changes in Outpatient Health Care Use After COVID-19 Infection Among Veterans. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2355387. PMID: 38334995, PMCID: PMC10858406, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.55387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutpatient health care useHealth care useCare useOutpatient useOutpatient visitsPrimary care visitsCounts of outpatient visitsPrimary care patientsOutpatient care utilizationCategories of careVeterans Affairs Corporate Data WarehouseCorporate Data WarehouseIncreased outpatient visitsNegative binomial regression modelsBinomial regression modelsCare visitsCare utilizationPopulation surveillance studyRetrospective cohort studyCare patientsUninfected veteransCOVID-19 infectionMain OutcomesPeri-infection periodCohort study
2023
Late Mortality After COVID-19 Infection Among US Veterans vs Risk-Matched Comparators
Iwashyna T, Seelye S, Berkowitz T, Pura J, Bohnert A, Bowling C, Boyko E, Hynes D, Ioannou G, Maciejewski M, O’Hare A, Viglianti E, Womer J, Prescott H, Smith V, Admon A, Akgun K, Anderson S, Aslan M, Au D, Backus L, Bajema K, Baraff A, Batten L, Berkowitz T, Bernstein T, Berry Wyatt K, Bogdan J, Bosworth H, Boucher N, Burwick N, Cabrales A, Cano J, Chai W, Chen J, Cheung K, Crothers K, Curtis J, Davis M, Del Monico E, Dobalian A, Doll J, Dominitz J, Eastment M, Fan V, Ferguson J, Floyd B, Fox A, Goetz M, Govier D, Green P, Hastings S, Hauschildt K, Hawkins E, Hebert P, Helfand M, Hickok A, Horowitz D, Hough C, Hu E, Ikuta K, Jones B, Jones M, Kamphuis L, Kaufman B, Knight S, Korpak A, Korpela P, Kumbier K, Langa K, Laundry R, Lavin S, Li Y, Linquist J, McCready H, Michel M, Miles A, Milne J, Monahan M, Morelli D, Mutalik P, Naylor J, Neiderhausen M, Newell S, Nugent S, Ong M, Osborne T, Peterson M, Peterson A, Rajeevan N, Reddy A, Rouse M, Rowneki M, Saha S, Saini S, Shah J, Shahoumian T, Shaukat A, Shepherd-Banigan M, Showalter W, Slatore C, Smith N, Smith B, Suri P, Sussman J, Takata Y, Teo A, Thomas E, Thomas L, Tuepker A, Veigulis Z, Vig E, Vranas K, Wang X, Wicks K, Winchell K, Wong E, Woods C, Wysham K, Yan L, Zulman D. Late Mortality After COVID-19 Infection Among US Veterans vs Risk-Matched Comparators. JAMA Internal Medicine 2023, 183: 1111-1119. PMID: 37603339, PMCID: PMC10442778, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3587.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 infectionAdjusted hazard ratioRetrospective cohort studyUninfected comparatorsLate mortalityCohort studyHazard ratioMortality riskCOVID-19Acute COVID-19Excess mortality riskUnadjusted mortality ratesVeterans Affairs hospitalCOVID-19 persistHealth record dataCause mortalityCox regressionUS veteransExcess mortalityDay 180Mortality rateUninfected individualsPrimary analysisDay 91Excess deaths