Roslyn A Stone

Biographic Data

ID175775
NAMERoslyn A Stone
GIVEN NAMESRoslyn A
FAMILY NAMEStone
SIGNATURESTONE R A
AFFILIATIONSVA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • National Media Coverage of the Veterans Affairs Waitlist Scandal

    Open AccessAudrey L Jones, Michael J Fine et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 27

    BACKGROUND: On April 23, 2014, US media outlets broadcast reports of excessive wait times and "secret" waitlists at some Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, precipitating legislation to increase Veterans' access to private sector health care. OBJECTIVE: The aims were to assess changes in Veterans' distrust in the VA health care system before and after the media coverage and explore sex and racial/ethnic differences in the temporal patterns. METHODS:…

  • Assessing the Quality and Performance of Institutional Review Boards

    Open AccessMin‐Fu Tsan, Xuefeng B Ling et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2020Cited by: 2

    How well institutional review boards (IRBs) follow Common Rule criteria for levels of initial protocol review has not been systematically evaluated. We compared levels of review as determined using the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) human subject regulations decision charts of 313 protocols that had been approved by IRBs. There was a 97.8% agreement between 140 protocols that were reviewed by full board and the levels of review acco…

  • Adapting the Index of Relative Rurality (IRR) to Estimate Rurality at the ZIP Code Level

    Open AccessSanae Inagami, Shasha Gao et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2016

    BACKGROUND: Accurate analysis of health problems facing rural residents depends on how rurality is defined. Health services research relies frequently on the rural urban commuting area (RUCA) codes to estimate rurality at the small area level. We modified the county-level Index of Relative Rurality (IRR) to the ZIP code level (IRRZIP ) to create an alternative small-area-level rural classification system. We then compared how the 2 rural classifi…

  • Using the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool to Guide Quality Improvement

    Open AccessDaniel E Hall, Barbara H Hanusa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2015Cited by: 1References: 2

    Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are intended to protect those who participate in research. However, because there is no established measure of IRB quality, it is unclear whether these committees achieve their goal. The IRB Researcher Assessment Tool is a previously validated, internally normed, proxy measure of IRB quality that assesses 45 distinct IRB activities and functions. We administered this instrument to a sample of investigators and I…

  • Racial Differences in Satisfaction with VA Health Care

    Open AccessSusan L Zickmund, Susan Zickmund et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2015Cited by: 1References: 28

  • Use of Antipsychotics Among Older Residents in VA Nursing Homes

    Walid F Gellad, Sherrie L Aspinall et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2012References: 38

    BACKGROUND: Antipsychotic medications are commonly prescribed to nursing home residents despite their well-established adverse event profiles. Because little is known about their use in Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes [ie, Community Living Centers (CLCs)], we assessed the prevalence and risk factors for antipsychotic use in older residents of VA CLCs. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 3692 Veterans age 65 or older who were admitted…

  • Provision of Potentially Teratogenic Medications to Female Veterans of Childbearing Age

    Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Lisa S Longo et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2010References: 12

    BACKGROUND: Certain medications increase the risk of birth defects whether used during pregnancy or immediately preconception. OBJECTIVES: To describe dispensing of potentially teratogenic medications (Food and Drug Administration classes D or X) to female Veterans treated by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, and assess whether documented provision of family planning services is more common when potentially teratogenic medications are …

  • Is Lower 30-Day Mortality Posthospital Admission Among Blacks Unique to the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

    Daniel Polsky, Judith R Lave et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2007References: 29

    BACKGROUND: Several studies have reported lower risk-adjusted mortality for blacks than whites within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, particularly for those age 65 and older. This finding may be a result of the VA's integrated health care system, which reduces barriers to care through subsidized comprehensive health care services. However, no studies have directly compared racial differences in mortality within 30 days of hospitaliz…

  • Racial Differences in 30-Day Mortality for Pulmonary Embolism

    Said A Ibrahim, Roslyn A Stone et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2006References: 21

    Objectives. Previous studies reported a higher incidence of in-hospital mortality for Black patients who had pulmonary embolism than for White patients. We used a large statewide database to compare 30-day mortality (defined as death within 30 days from the date of latest hospital admission) for Black and White patients who were hospitalized because of pulmonary embolism. Methods. The study cohort consisted of 15531 discharged patients who had be…