TABLE 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Individuals Interviewed Before or After the 2014 Media Coverage of Waitlists for VA Health Care, Stratified by Sex
| Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Interview Before April 23, 2014 (n=239), N (%) | Interview After April 23, 2014 (n=361), N (%) | P | Interview Before April 23, 2014 (n=249), N (%) | Interview After April 23, 2014 (n=326), N (%) | P |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.38 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 87 (36.4) | 119 (33.0) | 117 (47.0) | 84 (25.8) | ||
| Black | 82 (34.3) | 117 (32.4) | 71 (28.5) | 112 (34.4) | ||
| Hispanic | 70 (29.3) | 125 (34.6) | 61 (24.5) | 130 (39.9) | ||
| Age (mean, SD) | 49.2 (13.7) | 50.6 (13.4) | 0.21 | 61.7 (13.5) | 59.8 (13.6) | 0.10 |
| Education | 0.47 | 0.048 | ||||
| ≤High school | 14 (6.0) | 31 (8.7) | 61 (24.7) | 71 (21.9) | ||
| Trade school/some college | 110 (47.0) | 160 (44.7) | 98 (39.7) | 162 (49.9) | ||
| ≥College graduate | 110 (47.0) | 167 (46.7) | 88 (35.6) | 92 (28.3) | ||
| No. health conditions (mean, SD)* | 2.3 (0.1) | 2.5 (0.1) | 0.09 | 2.5 (0.1) | 2.5 (0.1) | 0.95 |
| Depression † | 98 (41.0) | 188 (52.2) | 0.01 | 88 (35.5) | 135 (47.8) | 0.13 |
| Received all health care at VA | 129 (54.0) | 238 (65.9) | <0.01 | 151 (60.9) | 222 (68.3) | 0.07 |
| Days before/following April 23, 2014 | ||||||
| >180 d prior | 55 (23.0) | 64 (25.7) | ||||
| 91–180 d prior | 27 (11.3) | 41 (16.5) | ||||
| 0–90 d prior | 157 (65.7) | 144 (57.8) | ||||
| 0–90 d after | 205 (56.8) | 205 (52.5) | ||||
| 91–180 d after | 132 (36.6) | 132 (40.5) | ||||
| >180 d after | 24 (6.7) | 24 (7.1) | ||||
*
Number of health conditions (0–12) at the time of the interview, from the self-report Charlson comorbidity index.
†
Depression, from the Charlson comorbidity index, was self-reported at the time of the interview.
VA indicates Veterans Affairs.