Is Policy Well-Targeted to Remedy Financial Strain among Caregivers of Severely Injured US Service Members?
Is Policy Well-Targeted to Remedy Financial Strain among Caregivers of Severely Injured US Service Members?
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DOI：
10.5034/inquiryjrnl_49.04.01
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Griffin, Joan M.
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作者：
Van Houtven, Courtney Harold;Friedemann-Sanchez, Greta;Griffin, Joan M.
我们自伊拉克和阿富汗战争开始以来，军人一直遭受严重伤害。本文旨在确定与他们的照顾者的财务紧张的因素，并建立最近的联邦立法是否针对照顾者经历的财务紧张。在我们的全国调查中，62.3%的照顾者耗尽了资产和/或积累了债务，41%的工作照顾者离开了劳动力市场。如果一名严重受伤的退伍军人需要密集的帮助，主要照顾者离开劳动力的几率要高出4.63倍，与需要很少或根本不需要帮助的退伍军人的照顾者相比，他们在资产和/或累积债务上多花了27，576美元。
US. military service members have sustained severe injuries since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This paper aims to determine the factors associated with financial strain of their caregivers and establish whether recent federal legislation targets caregivers experiencing financial strain. In our national survey, 62.3% of caregivers depleted assets and/or accumulated debt, and 41% of working caregivers left the labor force. If a severely injured veteran needed intensive help, the primary caregiver faced odds 4.63 times higher of leaving the labor force, and used $27,576 more in assets and/or accumulated debt compared to caregivers of veterans needing little or no assistance.