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VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2004
It is not enough to say thank you to the editors of the Journal for the October 2003 cover picture and article on veterans’ health care, which were well received in the veterans’ community.1 Far too often veterans are yesterday’s news, even when our country is engaged in a new conflict.
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity with Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included. The exposure was RA disease activity measured by Disease Activity Score in 28‐joints (DAS28)
Courtney N. Loecker   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Needs Assessment: Veterans in the Western United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this report, the authors focus on the diverse challenges facing veterans in 12 states and communities that account for nearly one-third of all veterans nationwide.
Katherine Kidder, Phillip Carter
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Religiosity and veteran mental health compared with non-veterans

open access: yesOccupational Medicine, 2020
Abstract Background While the potential buffering effects of spirituality are well established in the general population, how spirituality affects those in extremely high-stress occupations like the military and law enforcement is less clear. Aims
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Cracking the Code: Which Ocular Symptoms Predict Dry Eye Signs? Insights from a large international sicca registry

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Purpose The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögrens International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods Retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0‐4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0‐3) as predictors of DED signs [abnormal ocular surface staining ...
Pragnya R Donthineni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weight management for Black United States Veterans: Employee and patient perspectives

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports
Objective: Veterans who self-identify as Black (hereafter Black veterans) and use the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)’s MOVE!® Weight Management Program lose less weight than other veterans.
Jessica Y. Breland   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing Violence in the Homes of Military Families [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), have demanded unprecedented service at every level of the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines. For the first time in our military history, active duty,

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Outside the Box [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Einstein wrote, "you can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created." So we decided to ask diverse groups of randomly selected Arizona citizens to consider health care reform options, rather than continuing to ask health care industry ...
Heidi Gantwerk   +2 more
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Safety of Prescription Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drugs in Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Data from a Large Administrative Claims Cohort

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives The concern that nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may precipitate flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has limited their use in managing musculoskeletal symptoms in this population, but safety data are mixed. Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients with IBD ≥ 18 years of age from Optum's de‐identified ...
Adam S. Mayer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uninsured Veterans and Family Members: State and National Estimates of Expanded Medicaid Eligibility Under the ACA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Analysis of the 2008-2010 American Community Survey indicates that 535,000 uninsured veterans and 174,000 uninsured spouses of veterans -- or 4 in 10 uninsured veterans and 1 in 4 uninsured spouses -- have incomes below 138 percent of poverty and could ...
Genevieve M. Kenney, Jennifer Haley
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