Comparing mental and physical health of U.S. veterans by VA healthcare use: implications for generalizability of research in the VA electronic health records

Comparing mental and physical health of U.S. veterans by VA healthcare use: implications for generalizability of research in the VA electronic health records

Abstract Objective The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) electronic health records (EHR) offer a rich source of big data to study medical and health care questions, but patient eligibility and preferences may limit generalizability of findings. We therefore examined the representativeness of VA v...

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Main Authors: David S. Fink, Malka Stohl, Zachary L. Mannes, Dvora Shmulewitz, Melanie Wall, Sarah Gutkind, Mark Olfson, Jaimie Gradus, Salomeh Keyhani, Charles Maynard, Katherine M. Keyes, Scott Sherman, Silvia Martins, Andrew J. Saxon, Deborah S. Hasin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Generalizability
Big data
Electronic health records
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08899-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08899-y

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