Considerations for Designing an Epidemiologic Study for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neurologic Disorders in Pre and Post 9/11 Gulf War Veterans (2015) / Chapter Skim
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B-- VA AND DOD REPORTS
B-- VA AND DOD REPORTS
Pages 25-28
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A veteran can have multiple diagnoses with each health care encounter, and therefore, may be counted in multiple categories, but the person is counted only once in any single diagnostic category. The utilization reports represent only those OEF/OIF/OND veterans using VA health care (approximately 60% or 1,158,359 veterans)
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, mental health disorders, health care utilization, and potential confounders such as the use of alcohol and cigarettes. No questions on environmental exposures 9 Era veterans typically are defined as nondeployed veterans or veterans deployed elsewhere during the study period.
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The baseline 72-item survey was administered 2009-2011 and included questions on general deployment information, health status, doctor-diagnosed conditions, risk behaviors, use of health care services, potential environmental exposures, smoking and alcohol use, mental health disorders, and experience of trauma and head injuries (VA, 2009)
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