The impact of Purple Heart commendation
โ
Tim Kimbrell; Jeffrey M. Pyne; Mark E. Kunik; Kathy M. Magruder; Nancy J. Peters
๐
Article
๐
2011
๐
John Wiley and Sons
๐
English
โ 105 KB
## Background: To determine whether having received a purple heart (ph) or having been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) affected mortality in older veterans. ## Methods: We compared mortality rates of older veterans with a ph but without ptsd (ph+/ptsd-) to veterans with a ph a