VA presents a report four times a year
containing data on Veterans who have used VA health care and who served in
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), or Operation
New Dawn (OND).
The latest report (260
KB, PDF) contains data from October 1, 2001 to June 30, 2015.
Findings
·
Approximately 62
percent (1,218,857) of all separated OEF/OIF/OND Veterans have used VA health
care since October 1, 2001.
·
Between July 1,
2014 and June 30, 2015, a total of 738,212 of these Veterans accessed
VA health care.
·
The frequency and
percent of the three most common diagnoses were: musculoskeletal ailments
(759,850 or 62.3 percent); symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions
(conditions that do not have an immediately obvious cause or isolated
laboratory test abnormalities) (715,263 or 58.7 percent); and mental disorders
(708,062 or 58.1 percent). A Veteran can have more than one diagnosis.
About the report
The VA health care utilization report is
created by comparing a Department of Defense roster of returning Veterans to
VA’s electronic inpatient and outpatient health records.
The data used in the report provide valuable
information about Veterans who have accessed VA health care. The report does
not represent all recent Veterans who have become eligible for VA health care,
who have ever served in OEF, OIF, or OND, or who are currently serving in these
conflicts.
Carefully designed epidemiology studies are required to
answer specific questions about the health of all Veterans who served in Iraq
or Afghanistan.
Past reports
·
2nd Quarter FY 2015 (181 KB, PDF)
·
1st Quarter FY 2015 (202
KB, PDF)
·
4th Quarter FY 2014 (541
KB, PDF)
·
3rd Quarter FY 2014 (220
KB, PDF)
·
2nd Quarter FY 2014 (227 KB, PDF)
·
1st Quarter FY 2014 (229 KB, PDF)
·
4th Quarter FY 2013 (540 KB, PDF)
·
3rd Quarter FY 2013 (540 KB, PDF)
·
2nd Quarter FY 2013 (541 KB, PDF)
·
1st Quarter FY 2013 (543 KB, PDF)
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/epidemiology/reports/oefoifond/health-care-utilization/
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