Table 4.

Regression analyses predicting behavioral health outpatient visits and inpatient stays in VA-purchased community care

Characteristic	Community care inpatient stay		Community care outpatient visit
	Probability	95% CI	Probability	95% CI
Medical conditions
Behavioral health condition group (ref=other behavioral health disorders)
Serious mental illness	.000	−.010, .010	−.023	−.026, −.021
Substance use disorder	.000	−.010, .010	−.002	−.005, .001
Post-traumatic stress disorder	−.053	−.065, −.042	−.004	−.006, −.001
Personality disorders	−.117	−.130, −.104	−.015	−.019, −.011
Mood disorders	.037	.027, .047	−.002	−.004, .001
Anxiety disorders	−.066	−.079, −.053	−.004	−.007, −.002
Non-behavioral health specific diagnosis	N/A	N/A	−.029	−.031, −.027
Gagne physical health score	−.002	−.002, −.001	−.000	−.000, −.000
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age (in years)	−.033	−.047, −.018	−.000	−.002, .001
Male (ref=female)	−.033	−.047, −.018	−.011	−.015, −.007
Race (ref=White)
American Indian or Alaska Native	−.024	−.039, −.009	−.008	−.010, −.007
Asian	−.024	−.039, −.009	−.006	−.010, −.002
Black or African American	−.004	−.021, .013	−.005	−.010, −.001
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	.009	.005, .014	−.009	−.010, −.007
Multiple races	.002	−.005, .009	−.005	−.007, −.003
Non-Hispanic (ref=Hispanic)	.011	.007, .014	.003	.002, .004
Marital status (ref=never married)
Married	.002	−.002, .007	.001	−.004, .006
Previously Married	.002	−.002, .007	.003	.001, .004
Not Homeless (ref=Homeless)	.019	.016, .022	.016	.015, .017
Access to healthcare systems
Distance to VA Primary/Secondary Care No (<= 40 miles) (ref = Yes (>40 miles))	−.054	−.055, −.053	−.032	−.032, −.032
Rurality (ref=Urban)
Rural	−.030	−.030, −.029	−.005	−.005, −.005
Highly rural	−.061	−.062, −.059	−.007	−.008, −.007
VA priority group assignment High priority service (ref=Above annual income threshold)	.014	.010, .018	.001	.001, .002
Health insurance (ref=no health insurance)	−.046	−.067, −.025	−.004	−.016, .008
County characteristics
VA Medical Center or Community-Based Outpatient Center (ref=no)	−.002	−.023, .019	.006	−.006, .018
Ratio of population to behavioral health providers	−.002	−.023, .019	−.002	−.014, .010
Median income	−.000	−.030, .030	−.001	−.013, .012
Unemployment rate	−.003	−.060, .054	−.000	−.014, .013
Poverty rate	−.001	−.038, .036	−.001	−.016, .014
Fiscal year (ref=FY2016)
2017	.005	−.006, .015	.008	−.005, .021
2018	.005	−.006, .015	.017	−.001, .034
2019	−.018	−.032, −.004	.026	.012, .040
Intercept	−.079	−.107, −.050	.143	.129, .157

Note: Text is bolded when p<.05.