Differences in cause of death of Washington State veterans who did and did not use Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare services

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 825-830

  Maynard, Charles ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Death records; Department of Veterans Affairs; Education; Healthcare; Mortality; Rehabilitation; Smoking; Substance use disorders; Veterans; Washington State

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SMOKE;

DEATH RECORDS; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; MORTALITY; SUBSTANCE-USE DISORDERS; VETERANS; WASHINGTON STATE;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33947427074     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.01.0004     Document Type: Article

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