Dual use of VA and non-VA hospitals by Veterans with multiple hospitalizations

Table 3 Payers of non-VA hospitalizations in 2007, by patient type and age range

Patient Age Range:	Payer:	Dual Users	non-VA Only Users
Younger than 65 Years Old	Medicare	30.5 %	33.4 %
	Private Insurance	21.4 %	39.1 %
	All Other Payers	48.1 %	27.5 %
		Cramer’s V = 0.20
65 Years or Older	Medicare	74.8 %	87.7 %
	Private Insurance	12.1 %	9.8 %
	All Other Payers	13.1 %	2.5 %
		Cramer’s V = 0.15
For Six States (Not Florida), “All Other Payers” Could Be Separated Into:
Younger than 65 Years Old	Medicaid	12.1 %	9.4 %
Younger than 65 Years Old	Other Payers	36.0 %	18.1 %
65 Years or Older	Medicaid	0.9 %	0.2 %
65 Years or Older	Other Payers	12.1 %	2.3 %

“All Other Payers” might include Medicaid, TRICARE, other non-VA government sources, workmen’s compensation, charity, self-pay, or any other source not covered by Medicare or private insurance. Aside from Medicaid, each of these other payers was broken out separately in only one or a few of the states. For six states (not Florida), Medicaid also was a separate category

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