OBJECTIVE To examine the association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity; social, family, and community reintegration outcomes; and return to work status among post-9/11 veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care. DESIGN Retrospective observational cohort study. SETTING Mail/online survey fielded to a national sample of veterans. PARTICIPANTS Sample of post-9/11 vetera...

Wagner, Chen, and Barnett (2003 [this issue]) rightly identify the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) historical lack of uniform cost data as an important barrier to economic analyses within the VA. Their article is an important contribution, and the cost estimates they generate should facilitate many types of health services research. At the same time, there are some aspects of their ...