Haskell, SallyMattocks, Kristin MGoulet, JosephKrebs, ErinSkanderson, MelissaLeslie, DouglasJustice, Amy C.Yano, Elizabeth M.Brandt, Cynthia A.2022-08-232022-08-232011-01-012014-06-19<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>1049-3867 (Linking)10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.00121185994https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/51034BACKGROUND: 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; pen-USAdolescentAdultAfghan Campaign 2001-Cohort StudiesFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth ServicesHospitals, VeteransHumansIraq War, 2003-2011MaleSex FactorsUnited StatesVeteransVeterans HealthYoung AdultGender and SexualityHealth and Medical AdministrationMilitary and Veterans StudiesWomen's HealthJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/5695705562wfc_pp/569