Which Veterans Go to VA Psychiatric Hospitals for Care: A Pilot Study
Abstract
In a study to determine whether certain factors could predict whether veterans seek psychiatric care at a Veterans Administration psychiatric hospital or at other public hospitals, data were collected on 644 visits by veterans to one VA psychiatric hospital and two non-VA public hospitals. Race, alcoholism, number of presenting Problems, kind of prior psychiatric hospitalizations, and whether the disability was service-connected were significant factors in distinguishing veterans seeking psychiatric care at the different hospitals. Age, marial status, income, and transiency were not important factors. Minority status and alcoholism appeared to be independent of each other in predicting greater use of the VA hospital.
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