Former Prisoner of War Statistical Tracking System

<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>

《前战俘统计追踪系统》数据库系一项旨在遵循《1981年公共法案97-37》，即《1981年前战俘福利法案》的登记注册。该数据库收录了关于美国退伍军人事务部设施内前战俘医疗评估计划的信息。该计划对前战俘进行全面的医疗和心理健康评估。仅自愿参与此计划的前战俘被纳入本登记。前战俘在退伍军人事务部设施接受健康检查，检查结果被记录在专门的编码表格上，即VA表10-0048a。每季度，这些编码表格被发送至奥斯汀信息技术中心，并由人工录入数据库。本登记的主要使用者包括：前战俘顾问委员会、国会、国家科学院、研究人员以及国家退伍军人分析与统计中心。