Open AccessPredictive Modeling and Concentration of the Risk of Suicide: Implications for Preventive Interventions in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
Author(s) -
John F. McCarthy,
Robert M. Bossarte,
Ira R. Katz,
Caitlin Thompson,
Janet Kemp,
Claire M. Hannemann,
Christopher Nielson,
Michael Schoenbaum
Publication year - 2015
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.2015.302737
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , veterans affairs , national death index , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , demography , environmental health , emergency medicine , confidence interval , psychiatry , hazard ratio , pathology , sociology
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) evaluated the use of predictive modeling to identify patients at risk for suicide and to supplement ongoing care with risk-stratified interventions.