TY - JOUR
T1 - Health services use among Gulf War veterans and Gulf War-era nondeployed veterans
T2 - A large population-based survey
AU - Helmer, Drew A.
AU - Flanagan, Mindy E.
AU - Woolson, Robert F.
AU - Doebbeling, Bradley N.
PY - 2007/1/12
Y1 - 2007/1/12
N2 - We sought to analyze the self-reported hospitalization, emergency department visits, and outpatient visits of Persian Gulf War (deployed; n=1896) and Persian Gulf War-era (nondeployed; n=1799) military personnel 5 years postconflict to determine whether these groups had different rates of health care use. Compared with personnel who had not been deployed, personnel who had been deployed were more likely to have visited an emergency department (25% vs 21%; odds ratio [OR]=1.24; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.06, 1.51]). Among these groups, the National Guard and Reserve personnel were more likely to have been hospitalized than were the regular military personnel (OR= 1.65; 95% CI=1.21, 2.26).
AB - We sought to analyze the self-reported hospitalization, emergency department visits, and outpatient visits of Persian Gulf War (deployed; n=1896) and Persian Gulf War-era (nondeployed; n=1799) military personnel 5 years postconflict to determine whether these groups had different rates of health care use. Compared with personnel who had not been deployed, personnel who had been deployed were more likely to have visited an emergency department (25% vs 21%; odds ratio [OR]=1.24; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.06, 1.51]). Among these groups, the National Guard and Reserve personnel were more likely to have been hospitalized than were the regular military personnel (OR= 1.65; 95% CI=1.21, 2.26).
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2006.104299
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2006.104299
M3 - Article
C2 - 17971549
AN - SCOPUS:38449121496
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 97
SP - 2145
EP - 2148
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 12
ER -