Open AccessSuicide Mortality Among Patients Treated by the Veterans Health Administration From 2000 to 2007
Author(s) -
Frederic C. Blow,
Amy S. B. Bohnert,
Mark A. Ilgen,
Rosalinda V. Ignacio,
John F. McCarthy,
Marcia Valenstein,
Kerry L. Knox
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300441
Subject(s) - medicine , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , health care , administration (probate law) , population , injury prevention , poison control , demography , national death index , gerontology , environmental health , confidence interval , hazard ratio , pathology , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
We sought to examine rates of suicide among individuals receiving health care services in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities over an 8-year period.