Lisa Batten
A5104241790- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Health Services Research & Development
2023-2024
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
2024
Importance Despite growing evidence of persistent problems after acute COVID-19, how long the excess mortality risk associated with COVID-19 persists is unknown. Objective To measure time course differential among Veterans who had a first-documented infection by separately assessing from later matched groups infected and uninfected individuals survived were uncensored at start each period. Design, Settings, Participants This retrospective cohort study used prospectively collected health...
Importance The association of COVID-19 infection with outpatient care utilization is unclear. Many studies reported population surveillance rather than comparing health use between COVID-19–infected and uninfected cohorts. Objective To compare across 6 categories (primary care, specialty surgery mental health, emergency diagnostic and/or other care) veterans or without infection. Design, Setting, Participants In a retrospective cohort study Veterans Affairs primary patients, were matched to...
Chronic lung diseases (CLDs) have been variably associated with a risk for more severe manifestations and death coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Importance Changes in everyday functioning are crucial to assessing the long-term impact of COVID-19 infection. Objective To examine infection on 18 months after among veterans with and without histories Design, Setting, Participants This cohort study used data from US Veterans Affairs (VA) included 186 who had between October 2020 April 2021 (ie, cohort) matched comparators did not have documented infections control cohort). match balanced risk based 39 variables measured 24 before or...