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Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms.

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McFall, M; Tackett, J; Maciejewski, ML; Richardson, RD; Hunt, SC; Roberts, L
Published in: Mil Med
January 2005

Measures of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression were used to predict Veterans Affairs outpatient treatment costs among Persian Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms. Patients (N = 206) enrolled in a Veterans Affairs primary care clinic for Persian Gulf War veterans completed study assessments at the initial appointment or at a proximal follow-up visit. Costs of care for mental health, medical, and pharmacy services for these veterans were computed for the subsequent 6-month period. Depression and PTSD symptoms explained a significant share of variance in costs of mental health care and pharmacy services, after adjustment for covariates. None of the mental status measures was significantly related to costs of medical care. Models using global measures of mental health status were as robust as models using disorder-specific measures of PTSD and depression in predicting mental health care and pharmacy costs. The implications of these findings for anticipating costs of care for Persian Gulf War veterans are discussed.

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Mil Med

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0026-4075

Publication Date

January 2005

Volume

170

Issue

1

Start / End Page

70 / 75

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Washington
  • Veterans
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders
  • Prospective Studies
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Mental Health Services
 

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McFall, M., Tackett, J., Maciejewski, M. L., Richardson, R. D., Hunt, S. C., & Roberts, L. (2005). Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms. Mil Med, 170(1), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed.170.1.70
McFall, Miles, Jan Tackett, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Ralph D. Richardson, Stephen C. Hunt, and Lisa Roberts. “Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms.Mil Med 170, no. 1 (January 2005): 70–75. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed.170.1.70.
McFall M, Tackett J, Maciejewski ML, Richardson RD, Hunt SC, Roberts L. Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms. Mil Med. 2005 Jan;170(1):70–5.
McFall, Miles, et al. “Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms.Mil Med, vol. 170, no. 1, Jan. 2005, pp. 70–75. Pubmed, doi:10.7205/milmed.170.1.70.
McFall M, Tackett J, Maciejewski ML, Richardson RD, Hunt SC, Roberts L. Predicting costs of Veterans Affairs health care in Gulf War veterans with medically unexplained physical symptoms. Mil Med. 2005 Jan;170(1):70–75.

Published In

Mil Med

DOI

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

January 2005

Volume

170

Issue

1

Start / End Page

70 / 75

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Washington
  • Veterans
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders
  • Prospective Studies
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Mental Health Services