VA Information Resource Center
Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database (TAIHOD)
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Website: http://www.usariem.army.mil/uniqfac/taihod/home.html.
Description: The Total Army Injury
and Health Outcomes Database (TAIHOD) is a system that
joins multiple personnel and health datasets from various
Defense Department agencies. Each agency, at the request
of USARIEM, created a dataset that included only active
duty Army soldiers. The TAIHOD now links four general
categories of data: demographics, health
outcomes (hospitalizations, outpatient
visits, lost-time injuries, permanent disabilities, and
fatalities); self-reported health habits and
risk-taking behaviors from surveys; and chemical
exposures from the Defense Occupational
Health Readiness System (DOHRS). All records are linked
by social security numbers at the level of the individual
soldier. Social security numbers are scrambled to protect
the anonymity of the soldier.
Access: All database inquiries require
review and approval, and are subject to restrictions
on data use. Confidentiality is explained at: http://www.usariem.army.mil/uniqfac/taihod/confiden.htm
Contact
the Data Steward:
TAIHOD Coordinator
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Military Performance Division (ATTN: MCMR-UE-EMP)
42 Kansas Street
Natick, MA 01760-5007
USARIEM.TAIHOD@na.amedd.army.mil
Documentation: An
overview of the database contents can be found at. http://www.usariem.army.mil/uniqfac/taihod/overview.html
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Reviewed/Updated Date:
August 5, 2008
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