Chronic Health Conditions Among US Veterans Discharged From Military Service for Misconduct

Brignone, Emily; Fargo, J.D.; Blais, R.K.; Gundlapalli, A.V.

doi:10.5888/pcd15.180238

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Chronic Health Conditions Among US Veterans Discharged From Military Service for Misconduct

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By Brignone, Emily ; Fargo, J.D. ; Blais, R.K. ; ...

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Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
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Brignone, Emily ; Fargo, J.D. ; Blais, R.K. ; Gundlapalli, A.V.
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Veterans who are discharged from military service due to misconduct are vulnerable to negative health-related outcomes, including homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. We used national data from the Veterans Health Administration for 218,608 veterans of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan that took place after the events of September 11, 2001, to compare clinical diagnoses between routinely-discharged (n = 203,174) and misconduct-discharged (n = 15,433) veterans. Misconduct-discharged veterans had significantly higher risk for all mental health conditions (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] range, 2.5-8.0) and several behaviorally linked chronic health conditions (AOR range, 1.2-5.9). Misconduct-discharged veterans have serious and complex health care needs; prevention efforts should focus on behavioral risk factors to prevent the development and exacerbation of chronic health conditions among this vulnerable population.
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Afghan Campaign 2001- Brief Chronic Disease Databases, Factual Female Health Status Humans Iraq War, 2003-2011 Male Retrospective Studies Veterans
Source:

Prev Chronic Dis. 15
DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.180238
ISSN:

1545-1151
Pubmed ID:

30316307
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6198675
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Journal Article
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United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. ; United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Place as Subject:

United States
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North America
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15
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Preventing Chronic Disease
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