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The burden of illness in the first year home: do male and female VA users differ in health conditions and healthcare utilization

dc.contributor.authorHaskell, Sally
dc.contributor.authorMattocks, Kristin M
dc.contributor.authorGoulet, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorKrebs, Erin
dc.contributor.authorSkanderson, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, Douglas
dc.contributor.authorJustice, Amy C.
dc.contributor.authorYano, Elizabeth M.
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, Cynthia A.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:11:05.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:32:50Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:32:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.date.submitted2014-06-19
dc.identifier.citation<p>Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jan-Feb;21(1):92-7. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.001. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.001">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>
dc.identifier.issn1049-3867 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.001
dc.identifier.pmid21185994
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/51034
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: we sought to describe gender differences in medical and mental health conditions and health care utilization among veterans who used Veterans Health Administration (VA) services in the first year after combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. METHODS: this is an observational study, using VA administrative and clinical data bases, of 163,812 Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans who had enrolled in VA and who had at least one visit within 1 year of last deployment. RESULTS: female veterans were slightly younger (mean age, 30 years vs. 32 for men; p
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=21185994&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a></p>
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138124/
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAfghan Campaign 2001-
dc.subjectCohort Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Care Surveys
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subjectHospitals, Veterans
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectIraq War, 2003-2011
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectSex Factors
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectVeterans
dc.subjectVeterans Health
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.subjectGender and Sexuality
dc.subjectHealth and Medical Administration
dc.subjectMilitary and Veterans Studies
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.titleThe burden of illness in the first year home: do male and female VA users differ in health conditions and healthcare utilization
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleWomen's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
dc.source.volume21
dc.source.issue1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/569
dc.identifier.contextkey5705562
html.description.abstract<p>BACKGROUND: we sought to describe gender differences in medical and mental health conditions and health care utilization among veterans who used Veterans Health Administration (VA) services in the first year after combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. METHODS: this is an observational study, using VA administrative and clinical data bases, of 163,812 Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans who had enrolled in VA and who had at least one visit within 1 year of last deployment. RESULTS: female veterans were slightly younger (mean age, 30 years vs. 32 for men; p</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathwfc_pp/569
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences
dc.source.pages92-7


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