The veterans health care system administered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) was established after World War I to provide health care for veterans who suffered from …

Objectives To describe the shift from in-person to virtual care within Veterans Affairs (VA)
during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify at-risk patient populations …

Background—Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with increased morbidity across
the cardiopulmonary disease spectrum. Based primarily on expert consensus opinion, PH is …

OBJECTIVE:(1) To determine chronic illness costs for large cohort of primary care
patients,(2) to develop prospective model predicting total costs over one year, using …

Lifestyle and health‐related factors are critical components of the risk for cognitive aging
among veterans. Because dementia has a prolonged prodromal phase, understanding …

Objectives To investigate the relationship between multimorbidity and healthcare utilisation
patterns among the highest cost patients in a large, integrated healthcare system. Design In …

Background Most US adults are overweight or obese. Understanding differences in obesity
prevalence across subpopulations could facilitate the development and dissemination of …

Context There is limited information that accounts for comorbidity on the impact of role
disability associated with a wide range of mental and physical disorders in population-based …

Objective: Treatment of coexisting medical comorbidities may reduce the risk of adverse
outcomes among patients with bipolar disorder. We determined the prevalence of general …

Objective: To better understand the impact of gout on functional status, health-related quality
of life (HRQoL), mortality and healthcare utilisation in US veterans. Methods: All veterans …