United States Department of Veterans Affairs

"United States Department of Veterans Affairs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs pertaining to VETERANS. It was established March 15, 1989 as a Cabinet-level position.

Descriptor ID	D014493
MeSH Number(s)	I01.409.418.750.700 N03.540.348.500.500.700
Concept/Terms	United States Department of Veterans Affairs United States Department of Veterans Affairs United States Veterans Administration Veterans Administration United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs (U.S.) United States Veterans' Administration Veterans Administration (U.S.)

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "United States Department of Veterans Affairs".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Government [I01.409]
Government Agencies [I01.409.418]
United States Government Agencies [I01.409.418.750]
United States Department of Veterans Affairs [I01.409.418.750.700]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Organizations [N03.540]
Government [N03.540.348]
Federal Government [N03.540.348.500]
United States Government Agencies [N03.540.348.500.500]
United States Department of Veterans Affairs [N03.540.348.500.500.700]

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Bar chart showing 436 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 35 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1999	1	1	2
2000	2	1	3
2001	1	2	3
2002	2	4	6
2003	1	5	6
2004	0	7	7
2005	2	5	7
2006	1	4	5
2007	0	4	4
2008	1	5	6
2009	3	10	13
2010	4	6	10
2011	3	17	20
2012	3	6	9
2013	7	14	21
2014	9	16	25
2015	5	18	23
2016	10	21	31
2017	7	20	27
2018	8	23	31
2019	6	26	32
2020	8	20	28
2021	4	24	28
2022	3	19	22
2023	7	16	23
2024	20	15	35
2025	0	8	8

Below are the most recent publications written about "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" by people in Profiles.

Beydoun HA, Szymkowiak D, Kinney RL, Jones AL, Tsai J. Characteristics and Healthcare Utilization Among Aging Veterans in Supported Housing: A Comparison With Independently Housed Age-Matched Veterans. Gerontologist. 2025 May 10; 65(6).

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Kinney RL, Hooshyar D, Tsai J. Use, Benefits, and Barriers to Financial and Credit Counseling Among Veterans According to Financial Counselors and Other Subject Matter Experts. Mil Med. 2025 Apr 23; 190(5-6):1071-1077.

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Nieser KJ, Harris AHS, Binswanger IA, Clark SC, Finlay AK. Legal-involved veterans are less likely to receive guideline-concordant colorectal cancer screening. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Mar 04; 25(1):333.

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Varghese MS, Wu WC, Drwal KR, Burg MM, Kazi DS, Gaffey AE, Mattocks KM, Brandt CA, Bastian LA, Gandhi PU. Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Veterans: A Narrative Review. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2025 Mar 01; 45(2):78-84.

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Reed DE, Engel CC, Etingen B, Hyde J, Bokhour BG, Zeliadt SB. Reaching Veterans with Cooccurring Mental Health Conditions Through the VA Whole Health System of Care. J Integr Complement Med. 2025 May; 31(5):463-470.

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Decker SE, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Mattocks KM, Aunon FM, Galliford E, DeRycke EC, Doran N, Baird S, Rielage JK, Ridley J, Bannister J, Giovannelli TS, Fuehrlein BS, Shriver C, Spana E, Honsberger M, Demirelli SA, Shest E, Landes SJ, Goodman M, Martino S. Study protocol of a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation multisite trial: Dialectical behavior therapy skills group for Veterans at high-risk for suicide attempt. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Apr; 151:107828.

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Meerwijk EL, Shotqara AS, Finlay AK, Reeves RM, Tamang SR, Ilgen MA, Harris AHS. Computing 3-Step Theory of Suicide Factor Scores From Veterans Health Administration Clinical Progress Notes. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2025 Feb; 55(1):e70004.

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Leder SM, McConnell AA, Lamba S, Sonnier C, Matza AR, Meriwether WE, Brown GR, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jones KT. Impact of Gender Identity Field in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record, 2016?2023. Am J Public Health. 2025 Mar; 115(3):403-413.

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Vogt D, Kligler B, Darchuk K, Elbogen E, List JM, McMullen T, Murphy JL, Bokhour B. Measuring the Well-Being of the Whole Person in Clinical Care, Health Research, and Population Health Evaluation: Findings and Recommendations From the XVIII Veterans Health Administration State of the Art Meeting. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12 Suppl 1):S4-S12.

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Etingen B, Cohen-Bearak A, Adjognon OL, Vogt D, Hogan TP, Gaj L, Orner MB, Barker AM, Bokhour BG. Measuring Patient Well-Being During Whole-Person Clinical Care: Lessons From the Veterans Health Administration Well-Beings Signs Implementation Pilot. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12 Suppl 1):S57-S64.

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