Accession Number:

ADA564584

Title:

Absolute and Relative Morbidity Burdens Attributable to Various Illnesses and Injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, 2011

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2012-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Perceptions of the relative importance of various conditions in military populations oft en determine the natures, extents, and priorities for resources for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. However perceptions of the importance of conditions are inherently subjective hence, they may have weak relationships with objective measures of their impacts on health fitness, military operational effectiveness,health care costs, and so on.

Descriptors:

• *HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
• *ILLNESS
• *WOUNDS AND INJURIES
• COSTS
• IMPACT
• LOW STRENGTH
• MORBIDITY
• PERCEPTION

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE