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Department of Veterans Affairs. Who VA Serves. 22.7 million veterans currently alive Nearly three-quarters served during a war Served during official period of conflict Women account for 8% of all veterans (roughly 1.8 million women veterans). http://www.va.gov/. Who VA Serves.
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Who VA Serves 22.7 million veterans currently alive Nearly three-quarters served during a war Served during official period of conflict Women account for 8% of all veterans (roughly 1.8 million women veterans) http://www.va.gov/
Who VA Serves About ¼ nation's population is potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans or family members VA currently provides health care to 5.5 million veterans (roughly 1 in 5 veterans) Roughly 10% of VA users are women veterans http://www.va.gov/
Care Access Points 153 medical centers at least one in each state, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia 909 ambulatory care and community-based outpatient clinics
Care Access Points 47 residential rehabilitation treatment programs 232 Vet Centers Community-based Vet Centers
Care Access Points 88 comprehensive home-care programs 4 DoD/VA Polytrauma Centers My HealtheVethttp://www.myhealth.va.gov/ 21 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs)
OEF/OIF/OND Veterans and VA End of Q2 FY 2011: Over 1,318,510 OEF/OIF/OND veterans eligible for VA services 52% (683,521) have already sought VA care
OEF/OIF/OND Veterans and VA Their three most common health issues: Musculoskeletal Mental Health Symptoms, Signs and Ill-Defined Conditions
Beyond DoD/VA Continuum Ideally such problems will be picked up somewhere within the DoD/VA continuum of care but: If only 52% of All OEF/OIF/OND Veterans eligible for VA care have come to VA Where are the other 48%?