American Indian and Alaska Native veterans in the Indian Health Service: Health status, utilization, and cost

• Carol E. Kaufman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: carol.kaufman@cuanschutz.edu

  Affiliations U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Rural Health (ORH), Veterans Rural Health Resource Center in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-3862

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• Laura Grau,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

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• Rene Begay,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Rural Health (ORH), Veterans Rural Health Resource Center in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4417

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• Margaret Reid,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Health Services, Management, and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

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• Cynthia W. Goss,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Rural Health (ORH), Veterans Rural Health Resource Center in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

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• Bret Hicken,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Rural Health (ORH), Veterans Rural Health Resource Center in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

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• Jay H. Shore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Rural Health (ORH), Veterans Rural Health Resource Center in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

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• Joan O’Connell

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States of America

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