Veterans Health Care Case Study

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Breaking the chain of illness through discharge planning of vulnerable populations like those coming out of correctional institution is a necessity if we are to preserve our population health.
The correctional population with a preponderance of communicable disease that come out and re integrate in society with no financial resource to take care of them is a trend that is disturbing. One thing that the Veterans Affairs does to mitigate this need at least amongst the veterans was the development of the veterans justice outreach department which provides a bridge from incarceration to reintegration through among other ways provision of health care by the veterans hospital.
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