Suicide among patients in the Veterans Affairs health system: Rural – urban differences in rates, risks and methods

John F. McCarthy, PhD, MPH1, Frederic C. Blow, PhD2, Rosalinda Ignacio, MS3, Mark Ilgen, PhD4, Karen Austin, MPH3 and Marcia Valenstein, MD, MS5
(1)Veterans Affairs; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (3)Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, (4)Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, (5)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI