Former Prisoner of War Statistical Tracking System
The Former Prisoner of War (POW) Statistical Tracking System database is a registry designed to comply with Public Law 97-37, the Former Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 1981. This database contains information about the Medical Evaluation Program for ex-POWs at VA facilities. The program provides a complete medical and psychiatric evaluation of ex-POWs. Only ex-POWs who volunteer to participate in the program are included in this registry. Health examinations are given to ex-POWs at VA facilities. The findings are then recorded on a special coding sheet, VA Form 10-0048a. Quarterly, these code sheets are sent to the Austin Information Technology Center, where they are manually keyed into the database. The main users of this registry are: * The Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War * Congress * National Academy of Sciences * Researchers * The National Center for Veteran Analysis and Statistics.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| bureauCode |
[ "029:15" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "VHA Open Data", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:vhaopendata@va.gov" } |
| dataQuality |
true
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| description | <p>The Former Prisoner of War (POW) Statistical Tracking System database is a registry designed to comply with Public Law 97-37, the Former Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 1981. This database contains information about the Medical Evaluation Program for ex-POWs at VA facilities. The program provides a complete medical and psychiatric evaluation of ex-POWs. Only ex-POWs who volunteer to participate in the program are included in this registry. Health examinations are given to ex-POWs at VA facilities. The findings are then recorded on a special coding sheet, VA Form 10-0048a. Quarterly, these code sheets are sent to the Austin Information Technology Center, where they are manually keyed into the database. The main users of this registry are: * The Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War * Congress * National Academy of Sciences * Researchers * The National Center for Veteran Analysis and Statistics.</p> |
| identifier | VA-VHA-VHA-002 |
| issued | 2017-07-26 |
| keyword |
[ "97-37", "evaluation", "law", "medical", "pow", "prisoner", "public", "va", "veteran", "war" ] |
| landingPage | https://www.data.va.gov/d/54fw-895k |
| language |
[ "en-US" ] |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2020-12-01 |
| programCode |
[ "029:041" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "Department of Veterans Affairs", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| rights | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protected health information. |
| systemOfRecords | https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-11/pdf/2012-11487.pdf |
| temporal | 1984-01-01T05:00:00Z/2014-12-31T05:00:00Z |
| theme |
[ "Basic Statistics", "Use", "and Operational Data" ] |
| title | Former Prisoner of War Statistical Tracking System |
