Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans /

The United States has long recognized and honored the service and sacrifices of its military and veterans. Veterans who have been injured by their service (whether their injury appears during service or afterwards) are owed appropriate health care and disability compensation. For some medical condit...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans
Otros Autores: Samet, Jonathan M., Bodurow, Catherine C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Disability evaluation > Decision making.
Disabled veterans > Medical care > United States.
Disability evaluation.
Veterans.
Veterans Disability Claims > organization & administration
Disability Evaluation
Veterans
Invalidité > Évaluation > Prise de décision.
Invalides de guerre > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Invalidité > Évaluation.
Anciens combattants.
veterans.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Disability evaluation
Disabled veterans > Medical care
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of presumptive disability decisions for veterans
  • Legislative background on presumptions
  • Case studies summary chapter
  • Establishing an evidence-based framework
  • Scientific evidence for causation in the population
  • Synthesizing the evidence for causation
  • Applying population-based results to individuals: from observational studies to personal compensation
  • Health and exposure data infrastructure to improve the scientific basis of presumptions
  • Governmental classification and secrecy
  • The way forward
  • Recommendations
  • Appendixes: A. Statement of the veterans' disability benefits commission to the institute of medicine's committee on the presumptive disability decision-making process, May 31, 2006
  • B. Committee on evaluation of the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans open session meeting agendas
  • C. Glossary
  • D. Historical background
  • E. Arguments favoring and opposing presumptions
  • F. Tables: summary of presumptive disability decision-making legislative history
  • G. VAs White Paper on the presumptive disability decision-making process
  • H. IOM's statements of task and conclusions for Agent Orange and Gulf War Reports
  • I. Case studies 1: Mental disorders' presumptions
  • 2: Multiple sclerosis presumption
  • 3: Prisoners of war presumptions
  • 4: Amputees and cardiovascular disease presumptions
  • 5:Radiation presumptions
  • 6: Mustard gas and Lewisite presumptions
  • 7: Gulf War presumptions
  • 8: Agent Orange and prostate cancer presumption
  • 9: Agent Orange and type 2 diabetes presumption
  • 10: Spina bifida program
  • J. Causation and statistical causal methods
  • K. Sources of health and exposure data for veterans
  • L. Additional classification and secrecy information
  • M. Biographical sketches of committee members, consultants, and staff.

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