Long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service: A quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries

Johnston, DW; Shields, MA; Siminski, P

Long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service: A quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries

Johnston, DW

Shields, MA Siminski, P

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Citation:: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 45 pp. 12 - 26
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Johnston, DW https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-2890	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shields, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Siminski, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3099-8049	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-11-18	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 45 pp. 12 - 26	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0167-6296	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/118473
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Elsevier B.V. This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of records on mortality (1994-2011), cancer diagnoses (1982-2008), and emergency hospital presentations (2005-2010). We also analyse a range of self-reported morbidity indicators (2006-2009). We find no significant long-term effects on mortality, cancer or emergency hospital visits. In contrast, we find significant detrimental effects on a number of morbidity measures. Hearing and mental health appear to be particularly affected.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Health Economics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.11.003	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Health Policy & Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Databases, Factual	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Status	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Military Personnel	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Vietnam	en_US
dc.title	Long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service: A quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	45	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
utslib.for	1403 Econometrics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	45	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of records on mortality (1994-2011), cancer diagnoses (1982-2008), and emergency hospital presentations (2005-2010). We also analyse a range of self-reported morbidity indicators (2006-2009). We find no significant long-term effects on mortality, cancer or emergency hospital visits. In contrast, we find significant detrimental effects on a number of morbidity measures. Hearing and mental health appear to be particularly affected.

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