Table 1.

Characteristics of Veterans Eligible for VA Health Care with an HCRV Outreach Visit in Fiscal Years 2008–2013 and Who Did and Did Not Have VA Health Care Contact

	No VA health care contact (n = 14,082)		VA health care contact (n = 18,073)
	n	%	n	%	OR	(95% CI)
Female	153	1%	451	3%	1.97***	(1.59–2.43)
Age
< 25	170	1%	151	1%	ref
25–34	1,342	10%	1,211	7%	0.83	(0.59–1.16)
35–44	2,636	19%	2,404	13%	0.98	(0.70–1.37)
45–54	5,383	38%	7,215	40%	1.40	(1.00–1.97)
55+	4,544	32%	7,090	39%	1.65**	(1.17–2.31)
Hispanic	685	5%	860	5%	1.05	(0.93–1.20)
Non-Hispanic
American Indian/Alaskan Native	143	2%	278	2%	-
Asian	108	1%	182	1%	-
Black/African American	4,241	30%	7,018	39%	1.14***	(1.07–1.22)
White	7,145	51%	8,540	47%	ref
Marital status
Single	3,377	34%	6,306	35%	1.40***	(1.29–1.52)
Married	1,952	19%	2,828	16%	ref
Separated/Divorced	4,399	44%	8,200	46%	1.43***	(1.33–1.55)
Widowed	330	3%	602	3%	1.34***	(1.14–1.57)
Rural residence	4,312	38%	4,539	25%	0.57***	(0.54–0.61)
Homeless	0	0%	821	5%	-
Service in Iraq or Afghanistan	498	4%	999	6%	1.37***	(1.17–1.60)
Service-connected disability rating
No	11,213	80%	10,508	58%	ref
< 50%	2,378	17%	5,871	32%	1.96***	(1.84–2.08)
≥50%	491	3%	1,694	9%	2.91***	(2.59–3.27)

Note. The logistic regression model tested contact with VA health care and did not include American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian veterans due to small sample sizes. Homeless was not included as a covariate because no veterans in the no VA health care contact group had information indicating they were homeless. Service-connected reflects a disability caused by illness or injury occurring during or aggravated by military service.

HCRV = Health Care for Reentry Veterans. OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence interval. Ref = reference group.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.