Table 3.

Association between VA station characteristics and the number of weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 1, 2020–July 31, 2021) where more than 10% of PCLIPVs were conducted by VT2H.

	Unadjusted model			Adjusted model a
VA station characteristics	RR	95% CI	P-value	RR	95% CI	P-value
Total number of PCLIPs	1.01	0.99–1.02	.286	1.00	0.99–1.01	.893
% of Veterans seen that live in rural areasb	0.98	0.97–0.99	.001	0.98	0.97–0.99	.001
VA station district
Continental	0.40	0.16–1.02	.056	0.45	0.18–1.10	.081
Midwest	0.64	0.26–1.59	.337	0.97	0.38–2.43	.947
North Atlantic	0.94	0.42–2.18	.877	1.04	0.45–2.37	.929
Pacific	Ref	—	—	Ref	—	—
Southeast	1.15	0.44–3.01	.781	1.21	0.48–3.03	.686
VA station complexityc	1.20	1.00–1.44	.050	1.06	0.80–1.40	.695

^aAdjusted on # of PCLIPs and percentage of Veterans that lived in rural areas.

^bPercentage of Veterans seen by PCLIPs during the observation period that lived in rural or highly rural areas.

^cComplexity ranked from 1 (low complexity) to 5 (highest complexity).