The Impact of Reason for Entry and Presenting Medical Conditions on the Length of Time in Army Warrior Care and Transition Program — MHSRS 2021

Ebert M, Sorensen I, Dintaman J, Hisle-Gorman E

Abstract submitted to Military Health System Research Symposium 2021.

The Army Warrior Care and Transition Program (WCTP), now the Army Recovery Care Program (ARCP), was launched in 2007 as a comprehensive rehabilitation program with the primary aim of assisting wounded, ill and injured soldiers to return to the fighting force, or successfully transition from the military. Since its inception, tens of thousands of Soldiers have entered the program for treatment for a broad range of physical and mental/behavioral health conditions. However, the impact of the nature of a soldier’s entry into the program, as well as the type or types of injuries sustained on the amount of time spent in the ARCP is not known. The objective is to explore the impact of how service members entered the program, the number of conditions they presented with, and what conditions they had on how much time was spent in the ARCP.