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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of CBOC, VAMC and Crossover Patients

From: Utilization and expenditures of veterans obtaining primary care in community clinics and VA medical centers: an observational cohort study

 

VAMC Patients

CBOC Patients

Crossover Patients

Age

60.4 (14.3)

64.0 (13.0)

60.0 (14.2)

Male (%)

94.6

96.4

92.3

Married (%)

54.1

67.8

58.9

Not Married (%)

43.7

31.7

39.8

Unknown Marital (%)

2.2

1.5

1.3

Caucasian (%)

51.3

48.0

60.2

Non-Caucasian (%)

17.3

6.8

12.1

Unknown Race (%)

31.4

45.2

27.7

Service Connection (%)

15.9 (28.0)

11.5 (23.6)

21.6 (30.9)

DCG score, 1999

0.61 (1.00)

0.34 (0.64)

0.62 (0.98)

Means test status (%)

   

   No means test required

36.7

30.4

46.4

   Above means test

15.9

27.0

22.2

   Below means test

44.7

41.8

39.9

   Not applicable

2.7

0.8

1.5

Differential Distance

5.7 (33.0)

44.5 (35.6)

34.8 (37.1)

Home to VAMC Distance

27.5 (31.0)

60.7 (37.7)

51.8 (39.0)

   Sample Size

26,176

23,894

11,074