TABLE 2—
White (n = 1179) | Black (n = 910) | Hispanic (n = 894) | Asian/Pacific Islander (n = 244) | Total (N = 3227) | |
Ambulatory care visits per year, mean | |||||
VA users | 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 7.8 | 11.9 |
VA visits, VA users | 8.1 | 11.9* | 11.1* | 5.2 | 9.1 |
Non-VA visits, VA users | 3.2 | 1.6* | 1.6* | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Non-VA–only users | 5.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 5.4 |
Overall health fair or poor, % | |||||
No ambulatory care use | 12.6 | 28.6* | 8.6 | 5.1 | 14.0 |
Ambulatory care use | 22.5 | 35.2* | 21.4 | 39.4* | 24.4 |
Usual source of care is emergency department or none, % | |||||
No ambulatory care use | 8.9 | 16.4* | 1.1* | 0.2 | 8.4 |
Ambulatory care use | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.4* | 0.6 | 3.9 |
Any VA use | 3.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
Non-VA–only use | 4.9 | 0.9* | 0.3* | 0.1 | 3.8 |
Has a usual provider of care, % | |||||
No ambulatory care use | 71.8 | 74.9 | 60.6* | 68.5 | 70.0 |
Ambulatory care use | 77.5 | 69.9* | 83.2 | 43.6* | 76.2 |
Any VA use | 76.3 | 73.6 | 68.8 | 77.0 | 75.0 |
Non-VA–only use | 77.8 | 67.9* | 86.3* | 38.5* | 76.5 |
Usual provider is attending MD, %a | |||||
No ambulatory care use | 92.7 | 89.9 | 85.1* | 83.4 | 90.5 |
Ambulatory care use | 91.3 | 70.7* | 92.2 | 95.5 | 89.1 |
Any VA use | 77.4 | 75.7 | 77.9 | 85.5 | 77.2 |
Non-VA–only use | 94.4 | 68.1* | 95.2 | 96.9 | 92.1 |
Note. VA = Department of Veterans Affairs; MD = medical doctor.
a From subset of sample with an identified usual provider of care.
* P < .05 compared with White veterans.