Byron Bair
Biographic Data
| ID | 82743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Byron Bair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Byron |
| FAMILY NAME | Bair |
| SIGNATURE | BAIR B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Director, Veterans Rural Health Resource Center – Western Region Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health, Salt Lake City, Utah; Professor, Geriatric Internal Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City Utah |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rural Native Veterans’ Perceptions of Care in the Context of Navigator Program Development
Tribal Perspectives on Patient Navigation for Rural Native Veterans Using Veteran Health Administration Services
Rural and Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Veteran Health Disparities
Rural Women Veterans Demographic Report
PURPOSE: While many women choose to live in rural areas after retiring from active military duty, a paucity of studies examine rural women veterans' health care needs. This report is the first of its kind to describe the population demographics and health care utilization of rural female veteran patients enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). METHODS: Using the National Patient Care Datasets (n = 327,785), we ran adjusted regression…
Rural Native Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
PURPOSE: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) signed a Memo of Understanding in 2010 to strengthen their partnership in improving health care services for Native veterans, who are disproportionately rural. This paper describes the demographic and service use profile of rural Native veterans who access VA health care. METHODS: Data were abstracted from the 2008 Veteran Health Administration (VHA) medical data…
Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Subclinical Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and PTSD in Urban and Rural Areas of Montana
PURPOSE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an important clinical problem, but little is known about PTSD in rural, nonclinical populations. To better understand PTSD in rural areas, we examined the prevalence and risk and protective factors in urban, rural, and highly rural communities in Montana for both subclinical posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and PTSD. METHODS: We compared the prevalence of PTSS and PTSD in urban, rural, and high…
Defining “Rural” for Veterans’ Health Care Planning
PURPOSE: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) devised an algorithm to classify veterans as Urban, Rural, or Highly Rural residents. To understand the policy implications of the VHA scheme, we compared its categories to 3 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 4 Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) geographical categories. METHOD: Using residence information for VHA health care enrollees, we compared urban-rural classifications under the VHA, …
Reaching Out to Older Veterans in Need
CONTEXT: The challenge of providing meaningful health care services to veterans living in rural communities is a major public health concern that involves redefining the traditional facility-based model of care delivery employed in urban areas. PURPOSE: This paper describes the steps of a demonstration project, the Elko Telehealth Outreach Clinic. The clinic, located in Elko, Nevada, was created to meet the health care needs of veterans who expre…
Out-of-Pocket Pharmacy Expenditures for Veterans Under Medicare Part D
OBJECTIVES: Because the VA pharmacy benefit is deemed equivalent coverage to Medicare Part D, veterans can use either or both of these Federal benefits. We sought to determine how these programs' different benefit structures and low-income assistance thresholds would affect pharmacy out-of-pocket expenses for veterans. METHODS: We reviewed income and asset tests performed at the Salt Lake City VA in fiscal year 2005, and estimated the number of i…
Out-of-Pocket Pharmacy Expenditures for Veterans Under Medicare Part D
OBJECTIVES: Because the VA pharmacy benefit is deemed equivalent coverage to Medicare Part D, veterans can use either or both of these Federal benefits. We sought to determine how these programs' different benefit structures and low-income assistance thresholds would affect pharmacy out-of-pocket expenses for veterans. METHODS: We reviewed income and asset tests performed at the Salt Lake City VA in fiscal year 2005, and estimated the number of i…
Defining “Rural” for Veterans’ Health Care Planning
PURPOSE: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) devised an algorithm to classify veterans as Urban, Rural, or Highly Rural residents. To understand the policy implications of the VHA scheme, we compared its categories to 3 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 4 Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) geographical categories. METHOD: Using residence information for VHA health care enrollees, we compared urban-rural classifications under the VHA, …
Reaching Out to Older Veterans in Need
CONTEXT: The challenge of providing meaningful health care services to veterans living in rural communities is a major public health concern that involves redefining the traditional facility-based model of care delivery employed in urban areas. PURPOSE: This paper describes the steps of a demonstration project, the Elko Telehealth Outreach Clinic. The clinic, located in Elko, Nevada, was created to meet the health care needs of veterans who expre…
Rural Native Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration
PURPOSE: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) signed a Memo of Understanding in 2010 to strengthen their partnership in improving health care services for Native veterans, who are disproportionately rural. This paper describes the demographic and service use profile of rural Native veterans who access VA health care. METHODS: Data were abstracted from the 2008 Veteran Health Administration (VHA) medical data…
Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Subclinical Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and PTSD in Urban and Rural Areas of Montana
PURPOSE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an important clinical problem, but little is known about PTSD in rural, nonclinical populations. To better understand PTSD in rural areas, we examined the prevalence and risk and protective factors in urban, rural, and highly rural communities in Montana for both subclinical posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and PTSD. METHODS: We compared the prevalence of PTSS and PTSD in urban, rural, and high…
Rural Women Veterans Demographic Report
PURPOSE: While many women choose to live in rural areas after retiring from active military duty, a paucity of studies examine rural women veterans' health care needs. This report is the first of its kind to describe the population demographics and health care utilization of rural female veteran patients enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). METHODS: Using the National Patient Care Datasets (n = 327,785), we ran adjusted regression…
Rural and Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Veteran Health Disparities
Tribal Perspectives on Patient Navigation for Rural Native Veterans Using Veteran Health Administration Services
Rural Native Veterans’ Perceptions of Care in the Context of Navigator Program Development
Medicine (9 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (8 works) · Health care (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Rural area (6 works) · Veterans Affairs (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Rural health (5 works)