[HTML][HTML] Hearing health care services: improving access and quality

DG Blazer, S Domnitz, CT Liverman… - Hearing Health Care …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although it is widely recognized that hearing aids and hearing assistive technologies can be
key components to improving hearing and communication abilities, the critical role that …

Mental health and medical health disparities in 5135 transgender veterans receiving healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration: A case–control study

GR Brown, KT Jones - LGBT health, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: There are no large controlled studies of health disparities in transgender (TG) or
gender dysphoric patients. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest …

Prevalence and costs of co-occurring traumatic brain injury with and without psychiatric disturbance and pain among Afghanistan and Iraq War Veteran VA users

BC Taylor, EM Hagel, KF Carlson, DX Cifu… - Medical care, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the “signature injury” in the Afghanistan and Iraq
wars [Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)] …

Mortality outcomes and inequities experienced by rural Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand

S Crengle, G Davie, J Whitehead… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Previous research identified inequities in all-cause mortality between Māori and
non-Māori populations. Unlike comparable jurisdictions, mortality rates in rural areas have …

Incidence of breast cancer in a cohort of 5,135 transgender veterans

GR Brown, KT Jones - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2015 - Springer
Transgender (TG) persons often receive, or self-treat, with cross-sex hormone (CSH)
treatments as part of their treatment plans, with little known about their incidence of breast …

Medication nonadherence in diabetes: longitudinal effects on costs and potential cost savings from improvement

LE Egede, M Gebregziabher, CE Dismuke… - Diabetes …, 2012 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To examine the longitudinal effects of medication nonadherence (MNA) on key
costs and estimate potential savings from increased adherence using a novel methodology …

Social determinants and military veterans' suicide ideation and attempt: a cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record data

JR Blosnich, AE Montgomery, ME Dichter… - Journal of general …, 2020 - Springer
Background Health care systems struggle to identify risk factors for suicide. Adverse social
determinants of health (SDH) are strong predictors of suicide risk, but most electronic health …

Antibiotic‐associated disruption of microbiota composition and function in cirrhosis is restored by fecal transplant

JS Bajaj, G Kakiyama, T Savidge, H Takei… - Hepatology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Lipocalin‐2 (LCN2), also known as neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin
(NGAL), a key antibacterial protein, is highly elevated in patients with end‐stage liver …

[PDF][PDF] High mobility group box‐1 drives fibrosis progression signaling via the receptor for advanced glycation end products in mice

X Ge, E Arriazu, F Magdaleno, DJ Antoine… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High‐mobility group box‐1 (HMGB1) is a damage‐associated molecular pattern (DAMP)
increased in response to liver injury. Because HMGB1 is a ligand for the receptor for …

Defining rural in Aotearoa New Zealand: a novel geographic classification for health purposes

J Whitehead, G Davie, B de Graaf, S Crengle… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
Objectives: To develop a valid rurality classification for health purposes in Aotearoa New
Zealand (NZ) that is technically robust and incorporates heuristic understandings of rurality …