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Table 2 Adjusted Annual Primary Care and Specialty Care Visits between Disability- and Age-Eligible Veteran Patients

From: Use of outpatient care in VA and Medicare among disability-eligible and age-eligible veteran patients

Disability eligible (reference = age eligible)

Utilization

Incidence rate ratio1

(95% CI)

Difference in predicted

visits per year2

Primary care

  

VA

1.11 (1.05-1.18)**

0.81

Medicare

1.01 (0.91-1.12)

-0.30

Total

1.07 (1.02-1.13)*

0.55

Specialty care

  

VA

1.19 (1.11-1.29)**

2.47

Medicare

0.99 (0.92-1.07)

-1.92

Total

1.07 (1.02-1.12)*

0.61

  1. *p < 0.01; **p < 0.001
  2. 1Adjusted for patient characteristics, zip code level characteristics, year fixed effects, and sampling weights.
  3. 2The predicted number of visits was calculated using the regression coefficients and patient characteristics of a typical veteran in FY2003. A typical veteran patient was defined using the mean values of all continuous patient variables and the modal values of all dichotomous patient variables.