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Demographic, Military, and Health Characteristics of VA Health Care Users and
Nonusers Who Served in or During Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi
Freedom, 2009-2011
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Dursa EK
; Barth SK
; Bossarte RM
; Schneiderman AI
Public Health Rep
2016[Nov]; 131
(6
): 839-843
PMID28123232
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An estimated 60% of all Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OEF/OIF) veterans who have left the military had used the US Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care services as of March 31, 2015. What is not
known, however, are the differences in demographic, military, and health
characteristics between OEF/OIF veterans who use the VA for health care and
OEF/OIF veterans who do not. We used data from the 2009-2011 National Health
Study for a New Generation of US Veterans to explore these differences. We found
that VA health care users were more likely than non-VA health care users to be
non-Hispanic black, to be unmarried, to have served on active duty and in the
army, to have been deployed to OEF/OIF, and to have an annual income less than
$35?000. The prevalence of 21 chronic medical conditions was higher among VA
health care users than among non-VA health care users. OEF/OIF veterans using the
VA for health care differ from nonusers with respect to demographic, military,
and health characteristics. These data may be useful for developing programs and
policies to address observed health disparities and achieve maximum benefit for
the VA beneficiary population.
|*Demography
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|*Health Status
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|*Iraq War, 2003-2011
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|*Military Personnel
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|*United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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|Adult
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|Female
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|Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
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