Table 1.
Analytic Sample Means or Percentages.
Veterans | Non-Veterans | |||
Over-Reporters | Accurate Reporters | Over-Reporters | Accurate Reporters | |
Covariates | ||||
Age (years)*** | 74.57 | 74.86 | 80.64 | 79.11 |
Race | ||||
White (reference group) | 90.1 | 92.0 | 74.1 | 79.8 |
Hispanic** | 2.7 | 1.7 | 14.7 | 8.2 |
African American* | 7.2 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
Other Race | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
High School Education*** | 64.1 | 67.5 | 35.0 | 45.1 |
HH Income < $15,000*** | 25.6 | 17.3 | 60.2 | 37.3 |
Total Wealth <= $19,000*** | 17.4 | 9.8 | 24.9 | 21.0 |
Self-Rated Health: | ||||
Excellent** | 4.7 | 15.1 | 5.2 | 11.5 |
Very Good** | 10.9 | 26.6 | 15.0 | 20.9 |
Good (reference group) | 30.5 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 33.4 |
Fair | 28.1 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 23.7 |
Poor*** | 25.8 | 6.6 | 26.1 | 10.5 |
# ADLs w/difficulty*** | 0.38 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 0.26 |
# IADLs w/difficulty*** | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.76 | 0.44 |
Cancer*** | 18.7 | 14.8 | 28.4 | 11.0 |
Diabetes | 14.2 | 12.9 | 20.4 | 9.5 |
Heart Disease*** | 53.0 | 30.2 | 45.5 | 31.7 |
Lung Disease | 19.0 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 11.5 |
Stroke | 15.1 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 10.1 |
Cognitive Status (TICS-7)*** | 12.44 | 12.92 | 10.64 | 11.56 |
CES-D Symptoms*** | 2.14 | 1.12 | 1.98 | 1.58 |
Selection Bias Adjustment | ||||
Propensity Score | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.64 |
Intervening Variable | ||||
Any ACSC Admission** | 21.3 | 11.2 | 25.6 | 14.5 |
Weighted N | 96 | 792 | 60 | 574 |
Note: Weighted analyses adjust for the unequal probabilities of selection due either to the multi-stage cluster sampling design and/or the over-sampling.
*p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001