Open AccessSuicide Among Veterans in 16 States, 2005 to 2008: Comparisons Between Utilizers and Nonutilizers of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Services Based on Data From the National Death Index, the National Violent Death Reporting System, and VHA Administrative Records
Author(s) -
Ira R. Katz,
John F. McCarthy,
Rosalinda V. Ignacio,
Janet Kemp
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.2011.300503
Subject(s) - national death index , administration (probate law) , medicine , occupational safety and health , environmental health , index (typography) , medical emergency , political science , confidence interval , hazard ratio , pathology , world wide web , computer science , law
We sought to compare suicide rates among veterans utilizing Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services versus those who did not.