Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, self‐rated health, and primary care utilization for all survey respondents and by respondents’ source of health care
| Patient characteristics |
Survey respondents n = 2444 a n (%) b |
Source of health care (n = 2415) c |
P * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
VA health care only n = 1141 c n (%) b |
VA and non‐VA health care n = 1274 c n (%) b |
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| Sex | ||||
| Male | 2066 (84.5) | 967 (84.8) | 1080 (84.8) | .8907 |
| Female | 361 (14.8) | 171 (15.0) | 188 (14.8) | |
| Missing | 14 (0.6) | 3 (0.3) | 6 (0.5) | |
| Other | 3 (0.1) | |||
| Age | ||||
| ≥65 y | 1463 (59.9) | 659 (57.8)) | 782 (61.4) | .0667 |
| <65 y | 971 (39.7) | 480 (42.1) | 489 (38.4) | |
| Missing | 10 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non‐Hispanic White | 1388 (56.8) | 652 (57.1) | 724 (56.8) | .0003 |
| Black or African American | 279 (11.4) | 138 (12.1) | 140 (11.0) | |
| Hispanic | 324 (13.3) | 176 (15.4) | 144 (11.3) | |
| Asian or Asian American | 117 (4.8) | 36 (3.2) | 81 (6.4) | |
| Multirace/ethnicity | 140 (5.7) | 56 (4.9) | 82 (6.4) | |
| Other minority | 40 (1.6) | 21 (1.8) | 18 (1.4) | |
| Missing race/ethnicity | 156 (6.4) | 62 (5.4) | 85 (6.7) | |
| Married, in a civil union or domestic partnership, or living with a partner | ||||
| Yes | 1502 (61.5) | 660 (57.8) | 832 (65.3) | .0002 |
| No | 897 (36.7) | 461 (40.4) | 423 (33.2) | |
| Missing | 45 (1.8) | 20 (1.8) | 19 (1.5) | |
| High School Graduate or GED Equivalent | ||||
| Yes | 2339 (95.7) | 1085 (95.1) | 1230 (96.6) | .0128 |
| No | 73 (3.0) | 45 (4.0) | 28 (2.2) | |
| Missing | 32 (1.3) | 11 (1.0) | 16 (1.3) | |
| Self‐rated physical health | ||||
| Good, Very Good, Excellent | 1444 (59.1) | 724 (63.5) | 707 (55.5) | .0001 |
| Fair, Poor | 988 (40.4) | 415 (36.4) | 562 (44.1) | |
| Missing | 12 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) | 5 (0.4) | |
| Self‐rated mental health | ||||
| Good, Very Good, Excellent | 1669 (68.3) | 816 (71.5) | 842 (66.1) | .0050 |
| Fair, Poor | 759 (31.1) | 322 (28.2) | 426 (33.4) | |
| Missing | 16 (0.7 | 3 (0.3) | 6 (0.5) | |
| Health care providers seen in prior 12 mo | ||||
| VA providers only | 1158 (47.4) | |||
| Both VA and non‐VA providers | 1286 (52.6) | |||
Total survey respondents [n = 2444] exclude 40 cases who failed to indicate that they had received VA health care in the prior 12 mo.
Due to rounding, percents for some subgroups do not sum to 100.
Bivariate comparisons based on 2415 respondents who responded to ≥80% of Hassles items, but excludes subgroup comprising <0.01% of the sample (ie, other sex), as well as individuals with missing covariates (except for missing race/ethnicity).
Values significant at P < .05 are bolded.