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    Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq

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    Authors
    Duggal, Mona
    Goulet, Joseph L.
    Womack, Julie
    Gordon, Kirsha
    Mattocks, Kristin M.
    Haskell, Sally G.
    Justice, Amy C.
    Brandt, Cynthia A.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2010-06-22
    Keywords
    Adult
    Afghan Campaign 2001-
    Ambulatory Care Facilities
    Cohort Studies
    Female
    Humans
    Iraq War, 2003-2011
    Male
    Retrospective Studies
    United States
    *Veterans
    Veteran Administration Health
    Private Health Insurance
    Incident Rate Ratio
    Veteran Administration
    Health Care Service Utilization
    Gender and Sexuality
    Health Services Administration
    Health Services Research
    Military and Veterans Studies
    Women's Health
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    BACKGROUND: The number of women serving in the United States military increased during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), leading to a subsequent surge in new women Veterans seeking health care services from the Veterans Administration (VA). The objective of this study was to examine gender differences among OEF/OIF Veterans in utilization of VA outpatient health care services. METHODS: Our retrospective cohort consisted of 1,620 OEF/OIF Veterans (240 women and 1380 men) who enrolled for outpatient healthcare at a single VA facility. We collected demographic data and information on military service and VA utilization from VA electronic medical records. To assess gender differences we used two models: use versus nonuse of services (logistic regression) and intensity of use among users (negative binomial regression). RESULTS: In our sample, women were more likely to be younger, single, and non-white than men. Women were more likely to utilize outpatient care services (odds ratio [OR] = 1.47, 95% confidence interval [CI]:1.09, 1.98), but once care was initiated, frequency of visits over time (intensity) did not differ by gender (incident rate ratio [IRR] = 1.07; 95% CI: 0.90, 1.27). CONCLUSION: Recently discharged OEF/OIF women Veterans were more likely to seek VA health care than men Veterans. But the intensity of use was similar between women and men VA care users. As more women use VA health care, prospective studies exploring gender differences in types of services utilized, health outcomes, and factors associated with satisfaction will be required.
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    BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 Jun 22;10:175. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-175. Link to article on publisher's site

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    10.1186/1472-6963-10-175
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/51036
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    At the time of publication, Kristin Mattocks was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    © Duggal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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