{
  "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
  "accessLevel": "non-public",
  "bureauCode": [
    "029:15"
  ],
  "contactPoint": {
    "@type": "vcard:Contact",
    "fn": "VHA Open Data",
    "hasEmail": "mailto:vhaopendata@va.gov"
  },
  "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": "2019-09-12",
  "keyword": [
    "97-37",
    "evaluation",
    "law",
    "medical",
    "pow",
    "prisoner",
    "public",
    "va",
    "veteran",
    "war"
  ],
  "landingPage": "https://www.data.va.gov/d/54fw-895k",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "modified": "2026-08-11",
  "programCode": [
    "029:041"
  ],
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "Department of Veterans Affairs"
  },
  "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",
  "title": "Former Prisoner of War Statistical Tracking System"
}