Presents various statistics surrounding inpatient stays and emergency department visits for traumatic brain injury, specific to 2017. Includes data tables and visualizations. Read More
Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery
Describes the wheeled mobility service delivery process for patients with complex rehabilitation needs, surveys the available literature on service delivery, and identifies issues and areas for future research. Read More
Issues with Measuring Activities Associated with Seeing and Hearing Across National Surveys
Explores a lack of consistency between national surveys with how questions about seeing and hearing limitations are asked. Read More
Designing Innovative Health Information Technology to Reduce Healthcare Disparities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Article explaining Dr. Valdez’s research funded by AHRQ grants, including her (aforementioned) work on COVID-19 exacerbating the digital divide among some patients with disabilities, such as issues with telehealth visits for those with hearing loss. Read More
Cross-Federal Survey Measures of Disability: Making Meaning Out of Chaos
This paper examines measures of disability prevalence across federal surveys, using activity limitations to look at the measurement issue for three national surveys Read More