Table 1 VA Medical, fee basis and pharmacy average nominal cost per patient, between 2007–2009, by demographic characteristics of patients (n = 92,749)
Cost from 2007 to 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
Variables | n (%) | Mean (sda) |
Gender* | ||
Male | 87020 (94) | 18442 (34316) |
Femaleb | 5729 (6) | 20585 (30278) |
Marital Status* | ||
Divorced | 19496 (21) | 23801 (40762) |
Marriedb | 58912 (64) | 15857 (29401) |
Other | 14280 (15) | 22540 (39941) |
Priority Code* | ||
Catastrophically disabled | 18058 (20) | 31315 (46457) |
Moderate disability | 21013 (23) | 14611 (26790) |
Medicaid assistance/low income | 25864 (28) | 22743 (37926) |
No service-connected disabilityb | 27689 (30) | 9399 (19378) |
Racec* | ||
Non-minorityb | 67888 (85) | 19101 (35206) |
Minority | 11702 (15) | 23074 (37959) |
Ethnicity* | ||
Not Hispanic or Latinob | 80043 (98) | 19080 (34873) |
Hispanic or Latino | 1695 (2) | 19544 (29379) |
Aged* | ||
<55 | 17056 (18) | 19813 (35875) |
55-64 | 26106 (28) | 22703 (38410) |
65-74 | 22355 (24) | 17298 (32646) |
75-84 | 21065 (23) | 14643 (28470) |
≥85b | 6167 (7) | 15726 (29870) |
Annual Per Person VA Expenses by Health Literacy Level* and by Sub-Component | ||
Total Healthcare Expenses*e | ||
Inadequate | 4952 (5) | 31581 (50056) |
Marginal | 10955 (12) | 23508 (40550) |
Adequateb | 76842 (83) | 17033 (31458) |
Inpatient*e | ||
Inadequate | 1285 (9) | 37878 (61788) |
Marginal | 2181 (15) | 34289 (53340) |
Adequateb | 11050 (76) | 26879 (45797) |
Outpatient*e | ||
Inadequate | 4952 (5) | 20748 (23360) |
Marginal | 10955 (12) | 16051 (19947) |
Adequateb | 76842 (83) | 12731 (17109) |
Fee-Basis*e | ||
Inadequate | 1303 (6) | 3813 (10934) |
Marginal | 2706 (13) | 2552 (7664) |
Adequateb | 17449 (81) | 1922 (7728) |
Pharmacy*e | ||
Inadequate | 4891 (5) | 6071 (18460) |
Marginal | 10722 (12) | 4002 (8213) |
Adequateb | 74922 (83) | 3032 (7824) |