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Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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United States Department Of Veterans Affairs

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United States Department Of Veterans Affairs

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Cemp Comprehensive Emergency Management Program

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United States Department Of Veterans Affairs

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8.4 Research Design And Methodologies (health Services)

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8 Health And Social Care Services Research

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Ahrq Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality

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Hrsa Health Resources And Services Administration

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Cemp Comprehensive Emergency Management Program

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Outcome And Process Assessment, Health Care

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United States Department Of Veterans Affairs

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8.1 Organisation And Delivery Of Services

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8 Health And Social Care Services Research

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United States Department Of Veterans Affairs

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Physical Injury - Accidents And Adverse Effects

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)

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Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration

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Traumatic Brain Injury Related Hospitalizations: Factors Associated with In-hospital Mortality among Elderly Patients Hospitalized with a TBI.

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Increased use of intramedullary nails for intertrochanteric proximal femoral fractures in veterans affairs hospitals: a comparative effectiveness study.

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Examining guideline-concordant care for acute myocardial infarction (AMI): the case of hospitalized post-acute and long-term care (PAC/LTC) residents.

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Predictors of rehospitalization and death after a severe exacerbation of COPD.

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Cost-Effectiveness of Three Doses of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Areas.

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Extended-Care Programs for Weight Management in Rural Communities The Treatment of Obesity in Underserved Rural Settings (TOURS) Randomized Trial

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Concordance between Self-Reports and Medicare Claims among Participants in a National Study of Chronic Disease Self-Management Program.

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How do urban organized health care delivery systems link with rural providers?

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As COVID-19 cases rise again, how will the US respond? Heres what states have learned so far

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WHAT DO PATIENTS SAY ABOUT PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS ONLINE? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF STUDIES ON ONLINE RATINGS AND COMMENTS

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Multifaceted intervention to improve medication adherence and secondary prevention measures after acute coronary syndrome hospital discharge: a randomized clinical trial.

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Practical Use of Process Mapping to Guide Implementation of a Care Coordination Program for Rural Veterans.

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Variations in health insurance coverage for rural and urban nonelderly adult residents of Florida, Indiana, and Kansas.

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COVID-19: Short Term Prediction Model Using Daily Incidence Data

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Comparing Primary Health-Care Service Delivery Disruptions Across Disasters.

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Improving hip fractures outcomes for COPD patients.

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Rural beneficiaries with chronic conditions: does prevalence pose a risk to Medicare managed care?

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on university-based research conduct and training: Exploring university-based researchers perspectives and experiences

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A Model for Measuring Ambulatory Access to Care Recovery after Disasters.

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American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)

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Acute myocardial infarction in nursing home residents: adherence to treatment guidelines reduces mortality, but why is adherence so low?

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Developing Valid Measures of Emergency Management Capabilities within US Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals.

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Impact of a multidisciplinary intervention on antibiotic use for nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

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Patient risk factors, operative care, and outcomes among older community-dwelling male veterans with hip fracture.

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COVID-19 messes with Texas: What went wrong, and what other states can learn as younger people get sick

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Leveraging Administrative Data for Program Evaluations: A Method for Linking Data Sets Without Unique Identifiers.

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5 strategies to prepare now for the next pandemic

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Comparing Survival Following Hip Fracture Repair in VHA and Non-VHA Facilities.

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Understanding rural hospital bypass behavior.

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A multifaceted intervention to implement guidelines improved treatment of nursing home-acquired pneumonia in a state veterans home.

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Regression and Data Envelopment Analysis Methods to Assess Practice Efficiency

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COVID-19: Short term prediction model using daily incidence data

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Metadata and Table Caption Correction: What Do Patients Say About Doctors Online? A Systematic Review of Studies on Patient Online Reviews (Preprint)

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Evaluation of a seven state criminal history screening pilot program for long-term care workers.

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Long-Term Care Planning, Preparedness, and Response Among Rural Long-Term Care Providers.

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A multifaceted intervention to implement guidelines did not affect hospitalization rates for nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

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Rehabilitation settings after joint replacement: an application of multiattribute preference elicitation.

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Community interactions and sanitation use by the urban poor: Survey evidence from India's slums

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Regression and data envelopment analysis methods to assess practice efficiency

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Extended-care programs for weight management in rural communities: the treatment of obesity in underserved rural settings (TOURS) randomized trial.

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Extended use of urinary catheters in older surgical patients: a patient safety problem?

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COVID-19: Short term prediction model using daily incidence data.

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Assessing Hospital Disaster Readiness Over Time at the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations and the Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections.

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These states are dropping COVID-19 mask mandates but still urge people to wear them  which message will the public follow?

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What Do Patients Say About Doctors Online? A Systematic Review of Studies on Patient Online Reviews.

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Implementing a medical screening and referral program for rural emergency departments.

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Rural Access to Quality Emergency Services

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Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center

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Do orders limiting aggressive treatment impact care for acute myocardial infarction?

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What Do Patients Say About Doctors Online? A Systematic Review of Studies on Patient Online Reviews (Preprint)

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Nutrition and Weight Status in Rural Areas

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Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, Southwest Rural Health Research Center

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Comparing Costs of Telephone vs Face-to-Face Extended-Care Programs for the Management of Obesity in Rural Settings.

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Determinants of postsurgical discharge setting for male hip fracture patients.

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Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development

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Impact of NHAP guideline implementation intervention on staff and resident vaccination rates.

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Costs associated with data collection and reporting for diabetes quality improvement in primary care practices: a report from SNOCAP-USA.

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American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)

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Vignette Veterans Health Affairs, Veterans, and Disasters

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Economic Shocks From the Novel COVID-19 Pandemic for Anesthesiologists and Their Practices.

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Associations among nurse and certified nursing assistant hours per resident per day and adherence to guidelines for treating nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

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Veterans Health Administration's Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS) Training Evaluation: Potential Implications for Disaster Health Care Volunteers.

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The identification of high-cost patients.

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Hospital Characteristics are Associated With Readiness to Attain Stage 2 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records.

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For Florida, the coronavirus pandemic was a perfect storm

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Clostridium difficile Infection in Texas Hospitals, 2007-2011.

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Which types of hospital mergers save consumers money?

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Association Between Health Insurance and Race With Mortality From Trauma: a Retrospective Study

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Comparative effectiveness of three doses of weight-loss counseling: two-year findings from the rural LITE trial.

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Effect of Telehealth Extended Care for Maintenance of Weight Loss in Rural US Communities: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Metadata and Table Caption Correction: What Do Patients Say About Doctors Online? A Systematic Review of Studies on Patient Online Reviews.

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The impact of natural disasters on medicare costs in U.S. gulf coast states.

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Design of the Rural LEAP randomized trial: An evaluation of extended-care programs for weight management delivered via group or individual telephone counseling.

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Diagnosed mental and physical health conditions in the United States nursing home population: differences between urban and rural facilities.

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Implementation of VA care coordination program to improve transitional care for veterans post-non-VA hospital discharge: an incremental cost analysis.

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Effects of health information exchange adoption on ambulatory testing rates.

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Disaster Planning, Preparedness, & Response for Rural Long-Term Care Providers

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Health Resources and Services Administration - (Rockville, Maryland, United States)

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(IPA): VA Emergency Management and Evaluation Center (VEMEC) FY2018

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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IPA - FY16 - Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC)

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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(IPA): Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC) FY2020

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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(IPA): VA Emergency Management and Evaluation Center (VEMEC)

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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(IPA): VA Emergency Management and Evaluation Center (VEMEC) FY2019

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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(IPA): VA Emergency Management and Evaluation Center (VEMEC) FY2017

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Rural Health Research Grant Program Cooperative Agreement

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Health Resources and Services Administration - (Rockville, Maryland, United States)

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; Health Policy And Management; 1266 TAMUS

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Fish, James T (2016-03). An Examination of Frequent Emergency Department Use and Emergency Department Reliance among OIF/OEF Veterans. Doctoral Dissertation.