Combining surveillance systems: effective merging of U.S. Veteran and military health data.

Combining surveillance systems: effective merging of U.S. Veteran and military health data.

BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) had more than 18 million healthcare beneficiaries in 2011. Both Departments conduct individual surveillance for disease events and health threats. METHODS: We performed joint and separate analyses of VA and DoD...

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Main Authors: Julie A Pavlin, Howard S Burkom, Yevgeniy Elbert, Cynthia Lucero-Obusan, Carla A Winston, Kenneth L Cox, Gina Oda, Joseph S Lombardo, Mark Holodniy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3873400?pdf=render

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