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Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Insitute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Jonathan M. Samet and Catherine C. Bodurow, editors
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xxxi, 407 p. : ill |
Disciplina: | 616.07/5 |
Soggetto topico: | Disability evaluation - Decision making |
Disabled veterans - Medical care - United States | |
Altri autori: |
SametJonathan M
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Note generali: | Appendices A-C included in text; appendices D-M on accompanying CD-ROM. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- General Summary -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief History of Presumptive Disability Decisions for Veterans -- 3 The Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process -- 4 Legislative Background on Presumptions -- 5 Case Studies Summary Chapter -- 6 Establishing an Evidence-Based Framework -- 7 Scientific Evidence for Causation in the Population -- 8 Synthesizing the Evidence for Causation -- 9 Applying Population-Based Results to Individuals: From Observational Studies to Personal Compensation -- 10 Health and Exposure Data Infrastructure to Improve the Scientific Basis of Presumptions -- 11 Governmental Classification and Secrecy -- 12 The Way Forward -- 13 Recommendations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Statement of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission to the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process, May 31, 2006 -- Appendix B: Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans Open Session Meeting Agendas -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendixes D-M (originally on enclosed CD) -- Title Page -- Appendix D: Historical Background -- Appendix E: Arguments Favoring and Opposing Presumptions -- Appendix F: Tables: Summary of Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Legislative History -- Appendix G: VA's White Paper on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process -- Appendix H: IOM's Statements of Task and Conclusions for Agent Orange and Gulf War Reports -- Appendix I: Case Studies -- Appendix J: Causation and Statistical Causal Methods -- Appendix K: Sources of Health and Exposure Data for Veterans -- Appendix L: Additional Classification and Secrecy Information. |
Appendix M: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Improving the presumptive disability decision-making process for veterans ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-309-16439-7 |
1-281-76744-1 | |
9786611767440 | |
0-309-10731-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810084703321 |
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