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Seidenfeld J, Dalton A, Vashi AA. Changes in Veterans Health Administration Emergency Department Visits During Two Years of COVID-19. The western journal of emergency medicine. 2025 Jun 20; 26(4):869-875, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.18714.
Seidenfeld J, Lee S, Ragsdale L, Nickel CH, Liu SW, Kennedy M. Risk factors and risk stratification approaches for delirium screening: A Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0 systematic review. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024 Jun 7.
Seidenfeld J, Bellolio F, Vashi A, Van Houtven C, Hastings S. Shared Disposition Decision-Making in the Emergency Department for Persons Living with Dementia. Journal of geriatric emergency medicine. 2023 Jul 21; 4(3):DOI: 10.17294/2694-4715.1057.
Cutter CM, Tran LD, Wu S, Urech TH, Seidenfeld J, Kocher KE, Vashi AA. Hospital-level variation in risk-standardized admission rates for emergency care-sensitive conditions among older and younger Veterans. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1; 30(4):299-309.
Seidenfeld J, Dalton A, Vashi AA. Emergency department utilization and presenting chief complaints by Veterans living with dementia. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1; 30(4):331-339.
Seidenfeld J, Ramos K, Bruening RA, Sperber NR, Stechuchak KM, Hastings SN. Patient experiences of a care transition intervention for Veterans to reduce emergency department visits. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023 Apr 1; 30(4):388-397.