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Laura Burke

@lauraburke20.bsky.social

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Emergency Physician, Health Services Researcher

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Dan Ly @meddly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Thank you to my coauthors @lauraburke20.bsky.social and @coussens.bsky.social. Paper link below. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Practice Pattern and Outcome Differences in the ED by Physician Sex

This cross-sectional study evaluates differences in test ordering and hospital admission rates between female and male physicians working in the Veterans Affairs system’s emergency departments.

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Ari B Friedman @abfriedman.com · 26/01/2026

New paper led by Joel Mantilla and Laura Burke shows massive growth in urgent care use among older adults, now more than 1 visit for every 10 older adults. 1 in 15 visits was by an older adult with ADRD. doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.55345

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Urgent Care Trends Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012-2019

This cross-sectional study examines urgent care utilization among adults aged 65 years or older and assesses whether utilization rates varied by beneficiary sociodemographic and community characterist...

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Laura Burke @lauraburke20.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I am excited to share our AHRQ-funded study examining rates of potential diagnostic error for high-risk emergency admissions among Medicare beneficiaries.

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Laura Burke @lauraburke20.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I’m delighted to share our recent work t.co/VGpLro9Kmo suggesting that much of the growth in VA spending on ED visits to non-VA (“community”) EDs is due a shift in payer for ED visits from Medicare to the VA, rather than a large change in where veterans are seeking emergency care.

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https://ja.ma/4iNxoXl

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