Comparing mental and physical health of U.S. veterans by VA healthcare use: implications for generalizability of research in the VA electronic health records

• Egile Nagusiak: David S. Fink (Egilea), Malka Stohl (Egilea), Zachary L. Mannes (Egilea), Dvora Shmulewitz (Egilea), Melanie Wall (Egilea), Sarah Gutkind (Egilea), Mark Olfson (Egilea), Jaimie Gradus (Egilea), Salomeh Keyhani (Egilea), Charles Maynard (Egilea), Katherine M. Keyes (Egilea), Scott Sherman (Egilea), Silvia Martins (Egilea), Andrew J. Saxon (Egilea), Deborah S. Hasin (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objective The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) electronic health records (EHR) offer a rich source of big data to study medical and health care questions, but patient eligibility and preferences may limit generalizability of findings. We therefore examined the representativeness of...