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Opioid use disorder and homelessness in the Veterans Health Administration : The challenge of multimorbidity

Authors: R, Rosenheck., E. Stefanovics
Objective: The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence and sociodemographic and clinical correlates of opioid use disorder (OUD), a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, among homeless veterans nationally in the Veterans Health…
Date of Publication: September 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Persistent social networks : Civil war veterans who fought together co-locate in later life

Authors: Costa, D, Kahn, M., Roudiez, C, Wilson, S.
We demonstrate the long reach of early social ties in the location decision of individuals and in their older age mortality risk using data on Union Army veterans of the US Civil War (1861-5). We estimate discrete choice migration models…
Date of Publication: August 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Differences in Experiences With Care Between Homeless and Nonhomeless Patients in Veterans Affairs Facilities With Tailored and Nontailored Primary Care Teams

Authors: Mor, M, Jones, A, Hausmann, L, Kertesz, S, Cashy, J, Schaefer, J, Gundlapalli, A, Gordon, A
Background: Homeless patients describe poor experiences with primary care. In 2012, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented homeless-tailored primary care teams (Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team, HPACTs) that could improve the primary care experience for homeless patients. Objective: To assess…
Date of Publication: August 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Snapshot Housing

Authors: Lisa O’Malley, Mark Bevan, Deborah Quilgars
Snapshots are designed to aid understanding of the complex issues at play in relation to the Armed Forces, and to support decision-making processes by bridging the gaps between academic research, government and charitable policy, service provision and public opinion. Snapshots…
Date of Publication: July 2018
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Recent Intimate Partner Violence and Housing Instability Among Women Veterans

Authors: M, Dichter., C, Roberts., E. Medvedeva., S, Bellamy., M, Cusack., A, Sorrentino., A.E. Montgomery
Introduction Women Veterans are at increased risk of both housing instability and intimate partner violence compared with their non-Veteran counterparts. The objectives of the present study were (1) to assess the relationship between women Veterans’ experience of intimate partner violence…
Date of Publication: May 2018
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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