Author: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
VA health care overview
Author: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families of military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309466601
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309466601
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
Veterans' Administration Policy Concerning Medical Care for Veterans
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher:
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Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The Battle for Veterans’ Healthcare
Author: Suzanne Gordon
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501714562
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
In The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, award-winning author Suzanne Gordon takes us to the front lines of federal policymaking and healthcare delivery, as it affects eight million Americans whose military service makes them eligible for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) coverage. Gordon’s collected dispatches provide insight and information too often missing from mainstream media reporting on the VHA and from Capitol Hill debates about its future. Drawing on interviews with veterans and their families, VHA staff and administrators, health care policy experts and Congressional decision makers, Gordon describes a federal agency under siege that nevertheless accomplishes its difficult mission of serving men and women injured, in myriad ways, while on active duty. The Battle for Veterans’ Healthcare is an essential primer on VHA care and a call to action by veterans, their advocacy organizations, and political allies. Without lobbying efforts and broader public understanding of what’s at stake, a system now functioning far better than most private hospital systems may end up looking more like them, to the detriment of patients and providers alike.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501714562
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
In The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, award-winning author Suzanne Gordon takes us to the front lines of federal policymaking and healthcare delivery, as it affects eight million Americans whose military service makes them eligible for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) coverage. Gordon’s collected dispatches provide insight and information too often missing from mainstream media reporting on the VHA and from Capitol Hill debates about its future. Drawing on interviews with veterans and their families, VHA staff and administrators, health care policy experts and Congressional decision makers, Gordon describes a federal agency under siege that nevertheless accomplishes its difficult mission of serving men and women injured, in myriad ways, while on active duty. The Battle for Veterans’ Healthcare is an essential primer on VHA care and a call to action by veterans, their advocacy organizations, and political allies. Without lobbying efforts and broader public understanding of what’s at stake, a system now functioning far better than most private hospital systems may end up looking more like them, to the detriment of patients and providers alike.
Veterans' Administration Policy Concerning Medical Care for Veterans
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee To Investigate Veterans Administration Policies with Respect to Hospital Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Considers alleged mismanagement of VA hospital programs by VA Administrator. Also includes discussion of medical personnel shortages impact on veterans hospital programs and reviews PHS, Army, and Navy hospital administration programs.
Publisher:
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Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Considers alleged mismanagement of VA hospital programs by VA Administrator. Also includes discussion of medical personnel shortages impact on veterans hospital programs and reviews PHS, Army, and Navy hospital administration programs.
Veterans' Administration Hospital Policy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Considers Presidential proposal to increase authorized bed capacities of VA hospitals.
Publisher:
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Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Considers Presidential proposal to increase authorized bed capacities of VA hospitals.
Burdens of War
Author: Jessica L. Adler
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421422875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In the World War I era, veterans fought for a unique right: access to government-sponsored health care. In the process, they built a pillar of American social policy. Burdens of War explores how the establishment of the veterans’ health system marked a reimagining of modern veterans’ benefits and signaled a pathbreaking validation of the power of professionalized institutional medical care. Adler reveals that a veterans’ health system came about incrementally, amid skepticism from legislators, doctors, and army officials concerned about the burden of long-term obligations, monetary or otherwise, to ex-service members. She shows how veterans’ welfare shifted from centering on pension and domicile care programs rooted in the nineteenth century to direct access to health services. She also traces the way that fluctuating ideals about hospitals and medical care influenced policy at the dusk of the Progressive Era; how race, class, and gender affected the health-related experiences of soldiers, veterans, and caregivers; and how interest groups capitalized on a tense political and social climate to bring about change. The book moves from the 1910s—when service members requested better treatment, Congress approved new facilities and increased funding, and elected officials expressed misgivings about who should have access to care—to the 1930s, when the economic crash prompted veterans to increasingly turn to hospitals for support while bureaucrats, politicians, and doctors attempted to rein in the system. By the eve of World War II, the roots of what would become the country’s largest integrated health care system were firmly planted and primed for growth. Drawing readers into a critical debate about the level of responsibility America bears for wounded service members, Burdens of War is a unique and moving case study. -- Jennifer D. Keene, Chapman University, author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421422875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In the World War I era, veterans fought for a unique right: access to government-sponsored health care. In the process, they built a pillar of American social policy. Burdens of War explores how the establishment of the veterans’ health system marked a reimagining of modern veterans’ benefits and signaled a pathbreaking validation of the power of professionalized institutional medical care. Adler reveals that a veterans’ health system came about incrementally, amid skepticism from legislators, doctors, and army officials concerned about the burden of long-term obligations, monetary or otherwise, to ex-service members. She shows how veterans’ welfare shifted from centering on pension and domicile care programs rooted in the nineteenth century to direct access to health services. She also traces the way that fluctuating ideals about hospitals and medical care influenced policy at the dusk of the Progressive Era; how race, class, and gender affected the health-related experiences of soldiers, veterans, and caregivers; and how interest groups capitalized on a tense political and social climate to bring about change. The book moves from the 1910s—when service members requested better treatment, Congress approved new facilities and increased funding, and elected officials expressed misgivings about who should have access to care—to the 1930s, when the economic crash prompted veterans to increasingly turn to hospitals for support while bureaucrats, politicians, and doctors attempted to rein in the system. By the eve of World War II, the roots of what would become the country’s largest integrated health care system were firmly planted and primed for growth. Drawing readers into a critical debate about the level of responsibility America bears for wounded service members, Burdens of War is a unique and moving case study. -- Jennifer D. Keene, Chapman University, author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Oversight on Admission Policies to VA Medical Care Facilities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Veterans' Administration Hospital Policy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Considers Presidential proposal to increase authorized bed capacities of VA hospitals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Considers Presidential proposal to increase authorized bed capacities of VA hospitals.
Veterans' Administration Hospital Policy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans' hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Considers Presidential proposal to increase authorized bed capacities of VA hospitals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans' hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Considers Presidential proposal to increase authorized bed capacities of VA hospitals.