Table 4.

Comparisons of Perceptions of VHA Care by Service-Connected Disability Status

	Service-Connected Disability		No Service-Connected Disability
	M	SE	M	SE	t	df	P
Comparisons of VHA care to other facilities*
Availability of services	−0.14	0.07	−0.30	0.07	−1.62	505	.11
Physician sensitivity and skill	−0.09	0.05	−0.10	0.05	−0.10	820	.96
Logistics of care	−0.24	0.06	−0.25	0.06	−0.25	788	.91
Facility/physical environment characteristics	0.00	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.91	844	.36
Extent to which barriers influence use of VHA care†
Problems accessing women-specific care	1.31	0.04	1.35	0.03	0.67	795	.50
Problems with VHA physicians/staff	1.28	0.03	1.21	0.03	−1.79	844	.07
Problems with ease of use‡	1.61	0.05		0.04		839	.00

^*Participants compared VHA care to other health care facilities using a 5-point Likert response format: −2 = much worse, −1 = somewhat worse, 0 = the same, 1 = somewhat better, and 2 = much better.

^†Participants ranked the degree to which categories of VHA care were a barrier to their use: 1 = not at all, 2 = slightly, 3 = moderately, and 4 = greatly.

^‡Italics indicate a significant difference, P<.05.