Economic Analysis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

Abstract

This thesis addresses the trend analysis of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) prevalence across the different branches of armed services in the U.S military between FY2001 and FY2006, as well as the effects of deployment characteristics on the probability of being diagnosed with PTSD among the active duty service personnel in the different branches. On top of these, this study will also highlight the patterns of the comorbidity and treatment costs of PTSD across the different branches of armed services. The data used in the thesis will be provided by TRICARE, the Department of Defense's (DOD) health care system and DMDC, to obtain the demographics, deployment characteristics (deployment location, deployment frequencies, deployment duration) and the inpatient and outpatient medical information and services rendered by physicians for all active duty service personnel whom were diagnosed with PTSD between FY2001 and FY2006.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494054

Entities

People

  • Kwan B. Wah
  • Tan L. Irene

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Brain Injuries
  • Combat Injuries
  • Databases
  • Demography
  • Deployment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Iraqi-War
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Operations
  • Therapy
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Mental Health of Military Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Risk Factors, Prevalence, Symptoms, and Treatment.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense