Sexual assault in women veterans: An examination of PTSD risk, health care utilization, and cost of care

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 749-756

  Surís, Alina ^a,b,e   Lind, Lisa ^a   Kashner, T Michael ^a,b   Borman, Patricia D ^b   Petty, Frederick ^c,d  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Nebraska Western Iowa Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System   (United States)

^e Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

And sexual assault; Health care costs; Health care utilization; Military sexual assault; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Women veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER;

EID: 4944254255     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000138117.58559.7b     Document Type: Article

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