%0 Journal Article %J BMC health services research %D 2010 %T Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq. %A Duggal, Mona %A Goulet, Joseph L %A Womack, Julie %A Gordon, Kirsha %A Mattocks, Kristin %A Haskell, Sally G %A Justice, Amy C %A Brandt, Cynthia A %K Adult %K Afghan Campaign 2001- %K Ambulatory Care Facilities %K Cohort Studies %K Female %K Humans %K Iraq War, 2003 - %K Male %K Retrospective Studies %K United States %K Veterans %P 175 %R 10.1186/1472-6963-10-175 %V 10 %X The number of women serving in the United States military increased during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), leading to a subsequent surge in new women Veterans seeking health care services from the Veterans Administration (VA). The objective of this study was to examine gender differences among OEF/OIF Veterans in utilization of VA outpatient health care services. %8 2010