Postdeployment Polytrauma Diagnoses Among Soldiers and Veterans Using the Veterans Health Affairs Polytrauma System of Care and Receipt of Opioids, Nonpharmacologic, and Mental Health Treatments.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the proportion of Army soldiers who utilized care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Polytrauma System of Care (PSC) within the postdeployment year and to describe prevalence of polytrauma diagnoses, and receipt of opioids, nonpharmacologic treatments (NPTs), and mental health treatments in the VHA during the year following first PSC utilization.

Setting

VHA's 4-tiered integrated PSC network of specialized rehabilitation services for military members and veterans with polytrauma.

Participants

Soldiers and veterans who used the PSC during the postdeployment year after an Afghanistan or Iraq deployment ending in fiscal years 2008-2011.

Design

Population-based cohort study.

Main measures

Prevalence of polytrauma diagnoses (i

SUBMITTER: Adams RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546163 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature