Associations of Mortality Outcomes With Employment Status at Discharge From VA Vocational Rehabilitation Service Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The authors evaluated associations between employment at discharge from Veterans Health Administration Vocational Rehabilitation Service (VR) programs and suicide and other causes of death.

Methods

For veterans receiving VR between October 1, 2005, and September 30, 2014 (N=78,293), proportional hazards analyses were used to test associations of employment with suicide, drug overdose, and external and natural cause mortality rates over 1 and 5 years postdischarge and through December 31, 2019. The analyses were adjusted for clinical and sociodemographic characteristics and propensity for employment.

Results

Of the veterans, 94.1% had a psychiatric diagnosis, and 35.5% were employed at VR discharge. In proportional hazards analyses, employment was associated

SUBMITTER: Abraham KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530299 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature