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Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality
January 12, 2012 | Program Results Report
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
After Katrina: Integrating Behavioral and Primary Health Care in the New Orleans Metro Area
January 11, 2012 | Program Results Report
The Louisiana Public Health Institute supported a learning collaborative, comprised of 81 clinics, aimed at integrating behavioral and primary health care in metro New Orleans, after the city's health care system was decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
Are Patients with Serious Mental lllness More Likely to be Admitted to Nursing Homes with More Deficiencies in Care?
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine whether patients with serious mental illness (SMI) are admitted to nursing homes with acceptable quality of care as often as other patients found that patients with SMI were more likely to be admitted to nursing homes with more total and health care-related deficiency citations.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening Status is Associated with Increased VA Medical and Surgical Utilization in Women
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Despite reports of poor health among women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), information about this population's health care utilization rates is not well understood. This study used a mail survey to assess the relationship between utilizat ...
Frequency of Mastalgia Among Women Veterans
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Mastalgia (breast pain) is common at the start of the menstrual period, however, some women experience extended, noncyclic mastalgia. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of mastalgia and its relation with psychiat ...
Sex Influences on Shared Risk Factors for Bulimia Nervosa and Other Psychiatric Disorders
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Research has documented that bulimia nervosa (BN) co-occurs with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and psychoactive substance dependence. However, a gap in the research exists as to whether sex influences the shared pre ...
Mental Illness Hospitalizations of Youth in Washington State
August 1, 0200 | Journal Article
Overall hospitalization rates for youth decreased during the past two decades as a result, in part, of a shift from inpatient to outpatient management of many conditions.
A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence
August 6, 2003 | Journal Article
A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Impact of Trauma Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on Healthcare Utilization Among Primary Care Patients
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an urban primary care population is associated with a doubling of the number of hospitalizations and over twice the utilization of mental health resources. PTSD was not, however, associated with higher emergency department use or outpatient visits.
PTSD in Urban Primary Care
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
High Prevalence and Low Physician Recognition.