TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Veterans in sample.
| All Veterans with 1+ primary care visit at a participating site | Site status based on participation in National Social Work PACT Staffing Program | Standardized mean difference before versus after funding | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before funding | After funding | |||
| Veterans, N | 740,699 | 426,197 | 715,952 | |
| Veteran‐months, N | 32,434,001 | 8,555,727 | 23,878,274 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 64.32 (16.09) | 65.34 (15.43) | 63.95 (16.30) | 0.087 |
| Gender: male, N (%) | 30,470,181 (93.9) | 8,090,301 (94.6) | 22,379,880 (93.7) | 0.036 |
| Rurality status | ||||
| Urban, N (%) | 11,339,559 (35.0) | 2,421,792 (28.3) | 8,917,767 (37.3) | 0.222 |
| Rural, N (%) | 17,914,720 (55.2) | 5,072,403 (59.3) | 12,842,317 (53.8) | |
| Highly rural, N (%) | 2,960,144 (9.1) | 1,029,947 (12.0) | 1,930,197 (8.1) | |
| Race | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native, N (%) | 321,012 (1.0) | 86,235 (1.0) | 234,777 (1.0) | 0.077 |
| Asian, N (%) | 178,519 (0.6) | 32,909 (0.4) | 145,610 (0.6) | |
| Black or African American, N (%) | 2,182,727 (6.7) | 533,955 (6.2) | 1,648,772 (6.9) | |
| Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, N (%) | 397,971 (1.2) | 80,983 (0.9) | 316,988 (1.3) | |
| White, N (%) | 27,458,106 (84.7) | 7,392,035 (86.4) | 20,066,071 (84.0) | |
| Missing, N (%) | 1,895,666 (5.8) | 429,610 (5.0) | 1,466,056 (6.1) | |
| Dementia a , N (%) | 765,423 (2.4) | 216,596 (2.5) | 548,827 (2.3) | 0.015 |
| CAN Score ≥95, N (%) | 1,459,132 (4.5) | 411,915 (4.8) | 1,047,217 (4.4) | 0.020 |
| Unstably housed or homeless a , N (%) | 1,150,635 (3.6) | 254,103 (3.0) | 896,532 (3.7) | 0.014 |
Abbreviations: CAN, Care Assessment Need; PACT, Patient Aligned Care Team; SD, standard deviation.
a
In 12 months prior to index month.