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 449 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 37 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	9	12
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	25	31
2020	8	20	28
2021	4	24	28
2022	3	19	22
2023	7	16	23
2024	20	17	37
2025	4	17	21

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

Tsai J, Kim Y, Szymkowiak D, Haley G, Kinney R. Evaluation of the Low-Demand Model for Serving Unsheltered Homeless Veterans in Transitional Housing. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Sep 01; 76(9):801-808.

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Etingen B, Smith BM, Shimada SL, Robinson SA, Higashi RT, Ndiwane N, Frisbee KL, Lipschitz JM, Richardson E, Irvin D, Hogan TP. What Matters Most to Veterans When Deciding to Use Technology for Health: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 07; 9:e77113.

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Gorman JA, Chamberlin ES, Hailes HP, Ellison ML, Calixte RM, Mack J, Smolinsky J, Reilly ED, Drebing CE. Establishing community partnerships to maintain social connection and healthcare access during an emergency declaration: virtual veterans socials. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1548618.

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Bruzios K, Shaffer PM, Blonigen DM, Cucciare MA, Andre M, Byrne T, Smith J, Smelson D. Intervention for Justice-Involved Homeless Veterans With Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jul 18; 14:e70750.

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Mandavia AD, Fonda JR, Banducci AN, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Loeffel LB, Roth CE, Simpson TL, Stein MD, Marx BP, Hyde J, Davenport M, Meng F, Livingston NA. Sex and race-ethnicity influences on opioid overdose deaths among veterans diagnosed with opioid use disorder between 2016 and 2021. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 01; 274:112764.

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Newton TJ, Shah N, Lewis K, Zocchi MS, Bixler FR, Etingen B, Lipschitz JM, Robinson SA, Hogan TP, Shimada SL. Developing Infrastructure to Realize the Value of Patient-Generated Health Data in a Large Integrated Health Care System: The Veterans Health Administration Experience. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jun 06; 27:e70755.

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Moncayo AK, Ferguson JM, Dizon MP, Huhmann L, Kim DY, Do N, Brophy MT, Osborne TF, Spence AC, Fillmore NR, Swetter SM, Hartman RI. Area Deprivation Index and Melanoma Thickness in Veterans. JAMA Dermatol. 2025 Jun 01; 161(6):582-588.

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Connolly SL, Raciborski RA, Abdulkerim H, Sullivan JL, Heyworth LK, Weaver KR, Eisele LC, Shimada SL, Lindsay JA, Hogan TP, Miller CJ. Site-Level Differences in the Provision of Telemental Health Care Within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Serv Res. 2025 Oct; 60(5):e14639.

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Gaffey AE, Haskell SG, Burg MM, Yaggi HK, Mattocks KM, Bastian LA, Skanderson M, DeRycke EC, Hermes EDA, Brandt CA. Clinical Management of Sleep Disturbances in Post-9/11 Men and Women Veterans: A 20-year Prospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 40(11):2573-2582.

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Gaffey AE, Mattocks KM, Yaggi HK, Marteeny V, Walker L, Brandt CA, Haskell SG, Bastian LA, Burg MM. "Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves": A Qualitative Study of Patient and Provider Views on Sleep Management in the Veterans Health Administration. Med Care. 2025 Jul 01; 63(7):472-478.

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