• Quinlan TAG, Roberts AW, Frank JW, Whittington MD. Health costs of women with chronic overlapping pain conditions by opioid and complementary and integrative health use. Health services research. 2021 Dec 1; 56(6):1233-1244.
• Bolton RE, Bokhour BG, Dvorin K, Wu J, Elwy AR, Charns M, Taylor SL. Garnering Support for Complementary and Integrative Health Implementation: A Qualitative Study of VA Healthcare Organization Leaders. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). 2021 Mar 1; 27(S1):S81-S88.
• Zeliadt SB, Coggeshall S, Gelman H, Shin MH, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG, Taylor SL. Assessing the Relative Effectiveness of Combining Self-Care with Practitioner-Delivered Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies to Improve Pain in a Pragmatic Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 2020 Dec 12; 21(Suppl 2):S100-S109.
• Chang ET, Oberman RS, Cohen AN, Taylor SL, Gumm E, Mardian AS, Toy S, Revote A, Lewkowitz B, Yano EM. Increasing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and Complementary and Integrative Health Services in Primary Care. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Dec 1; 35(Suppl 3):918-926.
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• VA/HSR&D Research on Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies within VA
  Funded by HSR&D, this special issue of Medical Care highlights how research on complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies in the VA healthcare system has progressed along the QUERI (Quality Enhancement Research Initiative) Implementation Roadmap – from pre-implementation to implementation to sustainment. CIH approaches are becoming more available throughout VA, due to: 1) increased imple...
  
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• Many VA Patients Use and are Interested in Learning More about Complementary and Integrated Health Options
  In part to guide the expansion of evidence-based complementary and integrative health (CIH), VA leaders sought current information on Veterans’ interest in and use of various CIH approaches, both inside and outside the VA healthcare system. Thus, investigators in this study analyzed survey results from a large sample of Veterans on their interest in, use of, and satisfactions with 26 CIH approache...
  
  Date: April 22, 2019
• Women Veterans with Pain More Likely to Use Complementary and Integrative Therapies
  This study sought to examine complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapy use by gender among Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain, and variations in gender differences by race/ethnicity and age. Findings showed that of Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain, more women than men used CIH therapies (36% vs. 26%). Black women, regardless of age, were least likely to use CIH therapies...
  
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  ...lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Veterans in the United...stress, and discrimination, these Veterans face increased health risks and unique...August 2019 In This Issue: Improving Care and Access for LGBTQ Veterans » Table of...factors, which vary over time, and between individuals and groups. Despite literature

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  ...prevention and treatment, including medications, improve health and save lives...Drexler, MD, and Jennifer Burden, PhD, VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention...illicit drug use, risky alcohol use, and substance use disorders (SUDs) cost

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• Gulf War Illness: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Interventions and Management Strategies

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• Cost-Effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Treatments to Reduce Pain || In Progress

  ...ongoing HSR&D and QUERI studies that will help VA provide safe and effective pain...Contents Cost-Effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Treatments to Reduce...(MSD) pain (i.e., head, neck, knee, and back pain), is highly prevalent among

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• Learn more about the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative’s Complementary and Integrative Health Partnered Evaluation Center.
• Visit the VA Office of Research and Development’s Complementary and Integrative Health overview page to see a roundup of all VA research into CIH.