Kathleen Sarmiento

Biographic Data

ID5547266
NAMEKathleen Sarmiento
GIVEN NAMESKathleen
FAMILY NAMESarmiento
SIGNATURESARMIENTO K
AFFILIATIONSSan Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
ORCID0000-0002-5162-9808
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Sleep disorders among rural Veterans

    Open AccessRobert L Folmer, Connor Smith et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2023

    PURPOSE: To describe and compare demographic characteristics and comorbidities of rural and urban Veterans diagnosed with sleep disorders, and to evaluate whether rurality is a disparity for sleep care among Veterans. METHODS: Numbers of Veterans with sleep disorders and comorbid conditions were determined using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) Corporate Data Warehouse, a database that contains detailed clinical information for all Veter…

  • Does Community Outsourcing Improve Timeliness of Care for Veterans With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Bhavika Kaul, Denise M Hynes et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Providing timely access to care has been a long-standing priority for the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Recent strategies to reduce long wait times have focused on purchasing community care by a fee-for-service model. Whether outsourcing Veterans Affairs (VA) specialty care to the community improves access is unclear. OBJECTIVES: We compared time from referral to treatment among Veterans whose care was provided by VA versus comm…