Rehabilitation of Combat-Related Injuries in the Veterans Administration: A Web of Support

N C Med J. 2015 Nov-Dec;76(5):323-7. doi: 10.18043/ncm.76.5.323.

Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides acute, subacute, and continuing rehabilitation for veterans using a hub-and-spoke system of hospitals and outpatient facilities. Using traumatic brain injury as an example, this commentary illustrates how this system provides interdisciplinary rehabilitative care to veterans throughout North Carolina.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Injuries / rehabilitation*
  • Combat Disorders / rehabilitation
  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • North Carolina
  • United States
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs / organization & administration*
  • Veterans*