The Association Between Neighborhood Environment and Mortality: Results from a National Study of Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the largest integrated US health system, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides unique national data to expand knowledge about the association between neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) and health. Although living in areas of lower NSES has been associated with higher mortality, previous studies have been limited to higher-income, less diverse populations than those who receive VHA care.

Objective

To describe the association between NSES and all-cause mortality in a national sample of veterans enrolled in VHA primary care.

Design

One-year observational cohort of veterans who were alive on December 31, 2011. Data on individual veterans (vital status, and clinical and demographic characteristics) were abstracted from the VHA Corporate Data

SUBMITTER: Nelson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5377878 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature