Increased Organizational Stress in Primary Care: Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Medicaid Expansion, and Practice Ownership

JB Britz, AN Huffstetler, EM Brooks… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Primary care is the foundation of health care, resulting in longer lives and
improved equity. Primary care was the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic public response …

Use of population health data to promote equitable recruitment for a primary care practice implementation trial addressing unhealthy alcohol use

AH Krist, AN Huffstetler, G Villalobos… - Journal of Clinical and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background: Recruiting underrepresented people and communities in research is essential
for generalizable findings. Ensuring representative participants can be particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Prescribing Trends and Associated Outcomes of Antiepileptic Drugs and Other Psychotropic Medications in US Nursing Homes: Proposal for a Mixed Methods …

JD Winter, JW Kerns, N Brandt… - JMIR Research …, 2024 - researchprotocols.org
Background Pilot data suggest that off-label, unmonitored antiepileptic drug prescribing for
behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia is increasing, replacing other …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying Strategies for Strengthening the Health Care Workforce in the Commonwealth of Virginia

M Andrew, B Briscombe, R Vardavas… - Rand Health …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Like the United States as a whole, Virginia faces a significant shortage of health
care workers in nursing, primary care, and behavioral health. If current trends persist, these …

[HTML][HTML] Rising Racial Disparities in Opioid Mortality and Undertreatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Comorbidities in Virginia

JB Britz, KM O'Loughlin, TL Henry, A Richards… - AJPM focus, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction There were more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the US in 2021 alone. In
recent years, there has been a shift in opioid mortality from predominantly White rural …

Are Direct Primary Care Practices Located in Health Professional Shortage Areas?

ND Goldstein, P Yerkes - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2024 - annfammed.org
Direct primary care (DPC) is a model of health care delivery that relies on membership fees
for service; however, it has been criticized as potentially worsening the shortage of primary …

The relationship between food and housing insecurity and healthcare use among Virginia Medicaid expansion members: Considering the neighborhood context

H Shadowen, SJ Marks, O Obembe, A Mitchell… - Health Services … - Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand relationships between healthcare use and food and housing
insecurity in Medicaid expansion members, as well as whether these relationships differ by …

The Relationship between Material Circumstances and Primary Care Utilization after Enrollment in Virginia's Medicaid Expansion

H Shadowen - 2024 - scholarscompass.vcu.edu
Health and health equity encompass not only healthcare but individual level material
circumstances like food and housing, neighborhood level conditions like local …

Enhancing consensus on introducing national healthcare workforce metrics in Luxembourg: a hybrid multi-stakeholder consultation protocol

C Goetzinger, A d'Hérouël, F Berthet, A Dima - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background The effectiveness of healthcare delivery depends on the availability of
adequately skilled healthcare workforce (HWF) to respond to the current and future needs of …