Receipt of Disability through an Outreach Program for Homeless Veterans
| Autor: | Robert A. Rosenheck, Wesley J. Kasprow, Greg A. Greenberg, Joyce H. Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Public Policy Military medicine Fiscal year medicine Humans Disabled Persons Program Development Veterans Affairs health care economics and organizations Demography Veterans Receipt Pension business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged Mental illness medicine.disease Community Mental Health Services Community-Institutional Relations United States humanities Outreach United States Department of Veterans Affairs Ill-Housed Persons Insurance Disability Female business |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 172:461-465 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| DOI: | 10.7205/milmed.172.5.461 |
| Popis: | Receipt of public support payments is associated with beneficial outcomes for homeless people with mental illness. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with receipt of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pension and compensation benefits among homeless veterans after their initial contact with the VA national homeless outreach program. We examined data for 5,731 veterans who were contacted by the program during the first 3 months of fiscal year 2003 and who were not receiving VA benefits, and we documented their benefit status over a minimum of 18 months. A limited number of veterans (15%) were subsequently awarded benefits; they were more likely to have reported recent use of VA services and a greater number of medical and psychiatric problems at the time of outreach. Findings suggest that VA benefit outreach efforts may gain from increased focus on those most vulnerable and most on the outskirts of the VA system. |
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