The relationship between local area labor market conditions and the use of Veterans Affairs health services

Table 3 County-level unemployment rate marginal effects

Use of VA	Model 1			Model 2				Model 3
Healthcare				Unemployed		Employed
	Full sample	Age	Age	Age	Age	Age	Age	Age	Age
		> = 65	< 65	> = 65	< 65	> = 65	< 65	> = 65	< 65
No VA Care (%)	-0.63*	-0.80*	-0.39*	-0.71*	-0.45**	-0.30	-0.10	-0.03	-0.01
(SE)	(0.30)	(0.25)	(0.18)	(0.30)	(0.16)	(0.40)	(0.13)	(0.10)	(0.06)
Some VA Care (%)	0.29*	0.11	0.21*	0.27***	0.24**	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.02
(SE)	(0.13)	(0.11)	(0.10)	(0.08)	(0.08)	(0.10)	(0.07)	(0.11)	(0.07)
All VA Care (%)	0.34	0.70	0.17*	0.44	0.21**	0.26	0.04	0.05	0.03
(SE)	(0.18)	(0.36)	(0.08)	(0.24)	(0.07)	(0.36)	(0.06)	(0.21)	(0.13)

Marginal effect estimates reflect percentage changes in the probability of receiving all, some or no healthcare from VA resulting from unit increase in the county unemployment rate.
Model 1: The baseline model including variables for county unemployment rate, age over 65 and the interaction between unemployment rate and age over 65.
Model 2: The baseline model stratified by individual employment status.
Model 3: The baseline mode also including individual income as an adjustment variable.
Statistical significance at the 5%(*), 1%(**) and 0.1%(***) level.

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