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Soc faculty publish study on veteran mortality, health care coverage

Scott D. Landes, Andrew S. London & Janet M. Wilmoth
The authors argue that, in order to fully understand veteran status differences in morbidity and mortality, future studies must move beyond the analysis of veteran- and Veteran Affairs-only samples, and should take into account variable connections of subpopulations to the military, resultant differences in types of health care coverage, and sex/gender.
September 6, 2018

Soc faculty discuss impact of SCD on veteran mortality at ASA meeting

“Although past research has documented a higher overall mortality risk among veterans compared to non-veterans, no study until now has considered the contribution of SCD to veteran-non-veteran mortality differentials,” says Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology and the paper’s lead author.

August 16, 2018

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