Exhibit 2.

Characteristics Of Veterans In The VA Coordinated-Transitional Care (C-TraC) Program

Characteristic	Total (N = 708)	Baseline period (n = 103)	Intervention period (n = 605)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Average age (years)	75a	74b	75c
White	97%	99%	97%
Male	97	98	97
Lives alone	39	41	39
Medicaid	2	2	2
Education level
<8 years	10	10	11
Some high school	16	19	15
High school diplomad	39	39	40
Some college	24	25	24
College degree	10	8	11
Comorbidities and disease severity
Previous hospitalization in past 12 months	69**	79**	68**
Average Charlson comorbidity Score	6.2e	6.5e	6.1e
Functional measures, 2 weeks prior to hospitalization
Additional help neededf	27%	22%	28%
Increased difficulty standing or walking	44	46	43
Manages own medications	67	64	67

Source: Authors’ analysis.

Notes: Baseline period was April–September 2010. Intervention period was October 2010–March 2012. Charlson comorbidity score calculated as described in Charlson M, Szatrowski TP, Peterson J, Gold J. Validation of a combined comorbidity index. J Clin Epidemiol. 1994;47(11):1245–51. Charlson M, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR. A New Method of Classifying Prognostic Comorbidity in Longitudinal Studies: Development and Validation. J Chronic Dis. 1987;40(5):373–383.See Appendix Table 1 for additional details (see Note 21 in text).

^aStandard deviation: 8.4.

^bStandard deviation: 7.3

^cStandard deviation: 8.6.

^dOr graduate equivalency degree (GED).

^eStandard deviation: 3.9.

^fWith one or more of the following activities: bathing, dressing, transferring to or from bed or toilet.

^**p < 0.05