By the Numbers - December 3, 2012
247,243
and
834,463
The first is the number of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans seen for potential PTSD at VHA facilities following their return from Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs' most current release of its quarterly Report on VA Facility Specific Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans Coded with Potential PTSD (PDF). The report includes cumulative data from 1st Qtr FY 2002 through 3rd Qtr FY 2012 (October 1, 2001 – June 30, 2012).
The second is the total number of Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans treated at V.A. hospitals and clinics in the same time period, according to another VA report,Analysis of VA Health Care Utilization among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans (PDF).
If you do the math, this means just under 30% of all the OEF/OIF/OND vets seen by the VA through June 30, 2012 were "coded with potential PTSD."
247,243
and
834,463
The first is the number of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans seen for potential PTSD at VHA facilities following their return from Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs' most current release of its quarterly Report on VA Facility Specific Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans Coded with Potential PTSD (PDF). The report includes cumulative data from 1st Qtr FY 2002 through 3rd Qtr FY 2012 (October 1, 2001 – June 30, 2012).
The second is the total number of Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans treated at V.A. hospitals and clinics in the same time period, according to another VA report,Analysis of VA Health Care Utilization among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans (PDF).
If you do the math, this means just under 30% of all the OEF/OIF/OND vets seen by the VA through June 30, 2012 were "coded with potential PTSD."