Title
The burden of illness in the first year home: do male and female VA users differ in health conditions and healthcare utilization
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Publication Date
2011-1
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adolescent; Adult; Afghan Campaign 2001-; Cohort Studies; Female; Health Care Surveys; Health Services; Hospitals, Veterans; Humans; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Male; Sex Factors; United States; Veterans; Veterans Health; Young Adult
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Health and Medical Administration | Military and Veterans Studies | Women's Health
Abstract
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
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.001
Source
Womens Health Issues. 2011 Jan-Feb;21(1):92-7. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.08.001. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Related Resources
PubMed ID
21185994
Repository Citation
Haskell, Sally; Mattocks, Kristin M.; Goulet, Joseph; Krebs, Erin; Skanderson, Melissa; Leslie, Douglas; Justice, Amy C.; Yano, Elizabeth M.; and Brandt, Cynthia A., "The burden of illness in the first year home: do male and female VA users differ in health conditions and healthcare utilization" (2011). Women’s Health Research Faculty Publications. 569.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/569
