Table 1.

Characteristics and Prevalence of Selected Risk Factors for Patients at Index Admission: FY 2008–2010

	AMI		HF		PN
	VA-Only	VA/Medicare	VA-Only	VA/Medicare	VA-Only	VA/Medicare
N	10,636	10,394	37,203	36,378	31,068	30,758
Age upon admission, mean (SD)	77.0 (7.6)	77.0 (7.6)	77.9 (7.5)	77.9 (7.5)	78.2 (7.6)	78.2 (7.6)
Male, %	98.8	98.8	98.5	98.5	98.3	98.3
Length of stay, days, mean (SD)	6.2 (6.7)	6.3 (6.7)	5.4 (6.0)	5.3 (6.0)	6.1 (6.4)	6.1 (6.4)
Prevalence of risk factors with largest relative change (% of index admissions)
Septicemia/shock (CC2)	–	–	–	–	2.8	4.9
Other or unspecified heart disease (CC 94)	–	–	8.6	14.1
Cardio-respiratory failure or shock (CC 79)	–	–	9.5	15.2	9.6	14.6
Pleural effusion/pneumothorax (CC 114)	–	–	–	–	5.3	8.3
Acute coronary syndrome (CC 81–82)	20.7	26.1	11.7	15.6	4.7	6.8
Vertebral fractures (CC 157)	–	–	–	–	1.4	2.0
Protein-calorie malnutrition (CC 21)	2.3	2.9	3.0	4.1	5.7	7.1
Fibrosis of lung or other chronic lung disorders (CC 109)	–	–	5.2	6.9	8.5	10.8
End-stage renal disease or dialysis (CC 129–130)	2.0	2.4	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.6
Valvular or rheumatic heart disease (CC 86)	17.0	19.4	27.2	31.5	9.9	12.7
Risk factors with least relative change			–	–	–	–
Drug/alcohol abuse/dependence/psychosis (CC 51–53)	–	–	17.2	18.3	21.2	22.4
Iron deficiency or other anemias and blood disease (CC 47)	40.4	42.5	50.6	53.2	47.1	49.8
Depression (CC 58)	–	–	17.5	18.4
Coronary atherosclerosis or angina (CC 83–84)	–	–	73.5	75.5	45.2	47.7
Other major cancers (CC 9–10)	–	–	–	–	23.0	24.1
Lung or other severe cancers (CC 8)	–	–	–	–	9.4	9.8
Diabetes mellitus (DM) or DM complications (CC 15–20, 119–120)	51.9	52.7	57.1	58.1	40.7	42.0
Anterior MI*	3.3	3.4	–	–	–	–
Coronary atherosclerosis (CC 84)	84.0	85.0	–	–	–	–
Other MI*	5.5	5.5	–	–	–	–

^*Describes location of the MI (not CC-based).

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; HF, heart failure; PN, pneumonia.