Figure 2.

Multivariable-adjusted rates of 1-year health care utilization and mortality in women and men veterans. Multivariable model adjusted for the following covariates: age, race, marital status, education, employment status, multisite use, smoking status, percent service connection; presence of arthritis, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, diabetes, hypertension or heart disease, respective prior utilization, and physical and mental component summary scores of the SF-36V (PCS and MCS). P values represent the comparison between women’s and men’s adjusted scores for each outcome, respectively.