Table 1.
Description of the Sample by Mental Health Status*
| Mental Health Status† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Overall (N = 90,240) | No Mental Disorder (n = 63,837) | Psychiatric Disorder Only (n = 21,774) | Substance Use Disorder Only (n = 1,604) | Dual Diagnosis (n = 3,025) |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age, y | 64.4 ± 11.9 | 65.9 ± 11.3 | 61.5 ± 12.7 | 60.6 ± 11.1 | 54.3 ± 10.8 |
| Male, n (%) | 76,321 (84.6) | 55,310 (86.6) | 16,906 (77.6) | 1,522 (94.9) | 2,583 (85.4) |
| Race/ethnicity‡,n (%) | |||||
| White | 56,748 (80.5) | 39,174 (80.8) | 14,762 (81.7) | 894 (69.4) | 1,918 (71.6) |
| Black | 10,231 (14.5) | 6,914 (14.3) | 2,371 (13.1) | 325 (25.2) | 621 (23.2) |
| Hispanic | 2,822 (4.0) | 1,905 (3.9) | 768 (4.2) | 53 (4.1) | 96 (3.6) |
| Other | 725 (1.0) | 494 (1.0) | 172 (1.0) | 16 (1.2) | 43 (1.6) |
| VA service connection ≥50%, n (%) | 14,298 (15.8) | 7,559 (11.8) | 5,888 (27.0) | 115 (7.2) | 736 (24.3) |
| Distance from home to nearest VA facility (miles) | 24.2 ± 25.5 | 25.8 ± 26.5 | 23.5 ± 24.7 | 22.0 ± 26.2 | 17.7 ± 22.8 |
| Health status | |||||
| Medical conditions | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 2.0 ± 0.8 |
| VA facility characteristics | |||||
| % of funds spent on teaching and research | 5.4 ± 4.1 | 5.3 ± 4.1 | 5.5 ± 4.1 | 5.7 ± 4.1 | 5.8 ± 4.2 |
| Patients treated per year (in thousands), n | 28.2 ± 14.1 | 28.1 ± 14.0 | 28.6 ± 14.3 | 27.8 ± 13.7 | 28.9 ± 14.7 |
| % of funds spent on mental health care | 12.8 ± 8.8 | 12.7 ± 8.7 | 13.2 ± 9.0 | 13.1 ± 8.8 | 14.2 ± 9.5 |
*
Table values are mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.
†
P≤ .001 for all comparisons (analysis of variance F test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables).
‡
Information on race missing for n = 19,714 (22%).