TABLE 1.
Patient Characteristics by Primary Care Venue Group
| Any Primary Care at VA-CCN (N=124,940) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Primary Care at VAF Only (N=6,176,756) | Some Primary Care at VA-CCN (N=122,337) | Only Primary Care at VA-CCN (N=2603) | All (N=6,301,696) |
| Age, mean (SD) (y) | 60.77 (16.74) | 58.04 (15.26) | 60.30 (17.62) | 60.72 (16.71) |
| Age <45 y, N (%) | 1,145,522 (18.5) | 24,855 (20.3) | 552 (21.2) | 1,170,929 (18.6) |
| Age 45–54 y, N (%) | 771,278 (12.5) | 17,606 (14.4) | 327 (12.6) | 789,211 (12.5) |
| Age 55–64 y, N (%) | 1,246,500 (20.2) | 30,676 (25.1) | 520 (20.0) | 1,277,696 (20.3) |
| Age >65 y, N (%) | 3,013,456 (48.8) | 49,200 (40.2) | 1204 (46.3) | 3,063,860 (48.6) |
| Sex, N (%) | ||||
| Female | 476,938 (7.7) | 12,611 (10.3) | 210 (8.1) | 489,759 (7.8) |
| Male | 5,699,818 (92.3) | 109,726 (89.7) | 2393 (91.9) | 5,811,937 (92.2) |
| Race, N (%) | ||||
| Black/African American | 1,050,763 (17.0) | 15,069 (12.3) | 216 (8.3) | 1,066,048 (16.9) |
| White | 4,811,657 (77.9) | 99,836 (81.6) | 2206 (84.7) | 4,913,699 (78.0) |
| Other/Unknown | 314,336 (5.1) | 7432 (6.1) | 181 (7.0) | 321,949 (5.1) |
| Ethnicity, N (%) | ||||
| Hispanic | 391,318 (6.3) | 8884 (7.3) | 122 (4.7) | 400,324 (6.4) |
| Non-Hispanic/other | 5,785,438 (93.7) | 113,453 (92.7) | 2481 (95.3) | 5,901,372 (93.6) |
| Marital status, N (%) | ||||
| Single, separated, divorced, other | 2,701,539 (43.7) | 54,935 (44.9) | 1185 (45.5) | 2,757,659 (43.8) |
| Married | 3,475,217 (56.3) | 67,402 (55.1) | 1418 (54.5) | 3,544,037 (56.2) |
| VA copyament category, N (%) * | ||||
| No copay | 2,927,400 (47.4) | 71,514 (58.5) | 1261 (48.4) | 3,000,175 (47.6) |
| Some copay | 2,060,418 (33.4) | 36,733 (30.0) | 869 (33.4) | 2,098,020 (33.3) |
| Full copay | 1,188,938 (19.2) | 14,090 (11.5) | 473 (18.2) | 1,203,501 (19.1) |
| Rurality, N (%)* | ||||
| Urban | 4,032,439 (65.3) | 52,869 (43.2) | 733 (28.2) | 4,086,041 (64.8) |
| Rural | 2,065,465 (33.4) | 63,394 (51.8) | 1633 (62.7) | 2,130,492 (33.8) |
| Highly rural | 78,852 (1.3) | 6074 (5.0) | 237 (9.1) | 85,163 (1.4) |
| Distance to Nearest VA Primary Care Facility, miles, mean (SD)† | 15.68 (14.85) | 30.04 (31.11) | 44.68 (44.80) | 15.97 (15.49) |
| 0–5 miles | 1,451,975 (23.5) | 20,506 (16.8) | 307 (11.8) | 1,472,788 (23.4) |
| 6–10 miles | 1,420,076 (23.0) | 18,611 (15.2) | 298 (11.4) | 1,438,985 (22.8) |
| 11–20 miles | 1,685,958 (27.3) | 22,155 (18.1) | 310 (11.9) | 1,708,423 (27.1) |
| 21–40 miles | 1,234,723 (20.0) | 21,353 (17.5) | 311 (11.9) | 1,256,387 (19.9) |
| >40 miles | 384,024 (6.2) | 39,712 (32.5) | 1377 (52.9) | 425,113 (6.7) |
| New VA enrollee, N (%) | ||||
| Enrolled during 2015–2018 | 799,513 (12.9) | 10,493 (8.6) | 203 (7.8) | 810,209 (12.9) |
| Previously enrolled | 5,377,243 (87.1) | 111,844 (91.4) | 2400 (92.2) | 5,491,487 (87.1) |
| Elixhauser clinical diagnoses, N (%) | ||||
| Any diabetes | 1,373,013 (22.2) | 32,522 (26.6) | 301 (11.6) | 1,405,836 (22.3) |
| Any psychoses/depression* | 1,502,966 (24.3) | 44,969 (36.8) | 356 (13.7) | 1,548,291 (24.6) |
| Any hypertension | 2,605,925 (42.2) | 61,017 (49.9) | 664 (25.5) | 2,667,606 (42.3) |
*
ASD>0.20.
†
ASD>0.50.
ASD indicates absolute standard difference; VA, Veterans Health Administration; VA CCN, Veterans Health Administration Community Care Network; VAF, Veterans Health Administration Facility.