From: Estimating healthcare mobility in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
 |  | Healthcare mobility levels |  | |||||||
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Overall | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | ||||||
N | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | p-Value | |
774,188 | 706,246 | (91.2) | 60,942 | (7.8) | 6,021 | (0.8) | 979 | (0.1) | Â | |
Sex | <0.0001 | |||||||||
 Female | 52,017 | 45,612 | (6.5) | 5,613 | (9.2) | 686 | (11.4) | 106 | (10.8) |  |
 Male | 722,171 | 660,634 | (93.5) | 55,329 | (90.8) | 5,335 | (88.6) | 873 | (89.2) |  |
Age | <0.0001 | |||||||||
 18–25 | 22,402 | 19,530 | (2.8) | 2,500 | (4.1) | 318 | (5.3) | 54 | (5.5) |  |
 25–40 | 92,342 | 81,066 | (11.5) | 9,840 | (16.1) | 1,184 | (19.7) | 252 | (25.7) | |
 41–50 | 123,632 | 108,069 | (15.3) | 13,352 | (21.9) | 1,856 | (30.8) | 355 | (36.3) | |
 51–60 | 205,488 | 184,163 | (26.1) | 19,275 | (31.6) | 1,805 | (30.0) | 245 | (25.0) | |
 61–70 | 174,352 | 163,703 | (23.2) | 9,977 | (16.4) | 616 | (10.2) | 56 | (5.7) | |
 71–80 | 113,469 | 108,434 | (15.4) | 4,807 | (7.9) | 213 | (3.5) | 15 | (1.5) | |
 81 | 42,503 | 41,281 | (5.8) | 1,191 | (2.0) | 29 | (0.5) | 2 | (0.2) | |
Race/Ethnicity | <0.0001 | |||||||||
 White | 557,744 | 508,768 | (72.0) | 44,019 | (72.2) | 4,287 | (71.2) | 670 | (68.4) |  |
 Black | 126,089 | 113,963 | (16.1) | 10,667 | (17.5) | 1,221 | (20.3) | 238 | (24.3) | |
 Hispanic | 41,189 | 37,407 | (5.3) | 3,435 | (5.6) | 301 | (5.0) | 46 | (4.7) | |
 Other | 19,752 | 17,843 | (2.5) | 1,724 | (2.8) | 165 | (2.7) | 20 | (2.0) | |
 Unknown | 29,414 | 28,265 | (4.0) | 1,097 | (1.8) | 47 | (0.8) | 5 | (0.5) | |
Marital status | <0.0001 | |||||||||
 Married | 423,299 | 392,067 | (55.5) | 28,722 | (47.1) | 2,259 | (37.5) | 251 | (25.6) |  |
 Not Married | 88,725 | 79,868 | (11.3) | 7,756 | (12.7) | 931 | (15.5) | 170 | (17.4) | |
 Separated/Divorced | 203,148 | 179,193 | (25.4) | 20,906 | (34.3) | 2,528 | (42.0) | 521 | (53.2) | |
 Widowed | 56,737 | 52,901 | (7.5) | 3,497 | (5.7) | 302 | (5.0) | 37 | (3.8) | |
 Unknown | 2,279 | 2,217 | (0.3) | 61 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.0) | 0 | 0 | |
OEF/OIF SERVICE | 57,588 | 51,853 | (7.3) | 5,069 | (8.3) | 564 | (9.4) | 102 | (10.4) | <0.0001 |
Clinical characteristics b | ||||||||||
 Hypertension | 361,351 | 334,365 | (47.3) | 24,597 | (40.4) | 2,104 | (34.9) | 285 | (29.1) | <.0.0001 |
 Coronary artery disease | 106,030 | 98,615 | (14.0) | 6,812 | (11.2) | 533 | (8.9) | 70 | (7.2) | <.0.0001 |
 Diabetes | 140,178 | 129,632 | (18.4) | 9,635 | (15.8) | 803 | (13.3) | 108 | (11.0) | <.00001 |
 COPD | 54,942 | 50,263 | (7.1) | 4,217 | (6.9) | 403 | (6.7) | 59 | (6.0) | 0.0888 |
 Depressive Disorders | 129,776 | 122,767 | 16.0) | 14,696 | (24.1) | 1,913 | (31.8) | 400 | (40.9) | <.00001 |
 PTSD | 72,488 | 62,483 | (8.8) | 8,684 | (14.2) | 1,096 | (18.2) | 225 | (23.0) | <.00001 |
 Hepatitis C | 19,952 | 17,136 | (2.4) | 2,375 | (3.9) | 358 | (5.9) | 83 | (8.5) | <.00001 |
 Digestive system cancer including colon | 4,766, | 4,470 | (0.6) | 280 | (0.5) | 16 | (0.3) | 0 | 0 | <0.0001 |
 Lung cancer | 2,433 | 2,273 | (0.3) | 152 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.1) | <0.0004 |
Facility complexity levels C | <0.0001 | |||||||||
 1a | 293,376 | 270,142 | (38.3) | 20,958 | (34.4) | 1,969 | (32.7) | 307 | (31.4) |  |
 1b | 109,112 | 100,484 | (14.3) | 7,657 | (12.6) | 826 | (13.7) | 145 | (14.8) | |
 1c | 162,899 | 151,979 | (21.5) | 9,847 | (16.2) | 897 | (14.9) | 176 | (18.0) | |
 2 | 118,502 | 106,486 | (15.1) | 10,801 | (17.7) | 1,033 | (17.2) | 182 | (18.6) | |
 3 | 85,844 | 73,197 | (10.4) | 11,241 | (18.5) | 1,235 | (20.5) | 164 | (16.8) | |
 No complexity designation | 4,455 | 3,958 | (0.6) | 431 | (0.7) | 61 | 1.0 | 5 | (0.5) |