Health and Medical Guide to Population Groups Veterans and Military Health Health information topics about Veterans and Military Health: Clinical Trials 1. TRICARE Beneficiaries Can Enter Clinical Trials fo National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_13.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Veteran's Health Benefits Eligibility: Glossa Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/glossary/glossary.asp Directories 1. Reference Room: Who to Contact Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/finditfast/referenceroom.asp 2. Facility and Leadership Directory Veterans Health Administration http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=1 Financial Issues 1. Important Message about TRICARE and Medicare TRICARE Management Activity http://www.tricare.osd.mil/TRI_Medicare.cfm 2. How TRICARE Changes When a Military Sponsor Retire TRICARE Management Activity http://www.tricare.osd.mil/factsheets/viewfactsheet.cfm?id=175 3. Disability Compensation - 2005 Rates Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www1.va.gov/OPA/fact/05comprates.html 4. Copayments and Charges Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/costs/costs.asp 5. TRICARE: The Basics TRICARE Management Activity http://www.tricare.osd.mil/factsheets/viewfactsheet.cfm?id=127 6. Special and Limited Benefits Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/coveredservices/special_benefits.asp Law and Policy 1. Readjustment Counseling Service - Vet Center Eligi Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm 2. Contact the VA Veterans Health Administration https://iris.va.gov/scripts/iris.cfg/php.exe/enduser/home.php 3. Benefits for Women Vietnam Veterans' Children Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Topics/Women/Birth.htm 4. Agent Orange: VA Disability Compensation Claims Pr Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www1.va.gov/agentorange/page.cfm?pg=11 Newsletters/Print Publications 1. Agent Orange Review: Information for Veterans Who Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www1.va.gov/agentorange/page.cfm?pg=1 Organizations 1. National Center for PTSD http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ 2. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs http://veterans.house.gov/ 3. Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/ 4. Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Cente http://www.pdhealth.mil/ 5. Center for Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/ Overviews 1. VA Health Care Eligibility Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/home/hecmain.asp Related Issues 1. Veterans: The War against Hepatitis C American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def... 2. Acinetobacter Infections: Information for Servicem Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center http://www.pdhealth.mil/downloads/Acinetobacter_FS_120804.pdf 3. Agent Orange: Information for Veterans Who Served Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.appc1.va.gov/agentorange/docs/IDAO_Brochure.PDF 4. Benefits for Family Members Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/familymembers/familymembers.asp 5. Coping with Traumatic Stress Reactions National Center for PTSD http://www.ncptsd.va.gov//war/fs_coping.html 6. Depleted Uranium: Information for Service Members Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center http://www.pdhealth.mil/downloads/DU_Service_Members_Info_09172004.pdf 7. Deployment Issues: Information for Military Person Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center http://www.mfrc-dodqol.org/healthyparenting/deployment.cfm 8. Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Questions & Veterans Health Administration http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIllnessesQandAsIB1041.pdf 9. Health Care and Assistance for U.S. Veterans of Op Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/IraqiFreedomMay21.pdf 10. Health Care Eligibility and Enrollment for Veteran Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/eligibility/eligibility.asp 11. How Terroristic Acts May Affect Veterans Dept. of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/disasters/fs_veterans_disaster.html 12. Influenza (Flu) Dept. of Veterans Affairs http://www.publichealth.va.gov/flu/ 13. Project 112 Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Support Directorate http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/current_issues/shad/shad_intro.shtml 14. Soldier and Family Guide to Redeploying Dept. of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center http://www.pdhealth.mil/library/downloads/RedeploymentFamilyTrifold.pdf Research 1. Gulf War Research: A Report to Veterans Veterans Health Administration http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/Report2VetsGulfWarResearch03.pdf 2. Quality of Health Care for Veterans Compared with American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/12/I-42 Statistics 1. 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