Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior

Moderators of the Effects of Telehealth Mindfulness-based Interventions for Chronic Pain

OBJECTIVES: Little is known about who benefits most from Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs), and whether certain groups differentially benefit from different types of MBI formats (group-based versus non-group based). The present study uses data from a three-arm randomized con...

Trade-Offs Between Patient Experience and Health Care Access

Background: Racial and ethnic disparities in patient-reported experiences exist in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and in VA-paid health care from non-VA providers (“community care”), but how these disparities compare is unknown. Objectives: We compared racial and ethnic...

Associations Between Combat Exposure, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Sleep Outcomes Among Post-9/11 Veterans

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the relationship between veterans' combat experiences and multiple dimensions of sleep health and how traumatic brain injury (TBI) history may modulate these relationships. METHODS: Participants were 17,812 post-9/11 veterans (mean±SD age=46.6±10.8...

Staff Perspectives on Optimising Organisational Responses to Patient‐Initiated Workplace Violence

AIMS: To identify existing and ideal practices for responding to patient-initiated workplace violence in the US Veterans Health Administration. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive qualitative design. METHODS: Qualitative interviews with staff (n = 31) in eight veteran healthcare...