TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Medical Inpatients in the Veterans Health Administration in Fiscal Year 2013
| Medical Inpatients (n = 209,151) | |
|---|---|
| Age yrs, mean (sd) | 67.9 (12.8) |
| Male, no. (%) | 200,369 (95.8) |
| Race, no. (%) | |
| White | 140,572 (67.2) |
| Black | 42,232 (20.2) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10,874 (5.2) |
| Other Race/Ethnicity | 5699 (2.7) |
| Unknown | 9774 (4.7) |
| Single, no. (%) | 120,088 (57.4) |
| Homeless, no. (%) | 15,466 (7.4) |
| Prior-year medical diagnoses, no. (%) | |
| Pain-related | 152,966 (73.1) |
| Seizure | 10,713 (5.1) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 32,608 (15.6) |
| Dementia | 21,241 (10.2) |
| Heart failure | 47,893 (22.9) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 63,429 (30.3) |
| Gastrointestinal disorder | 18,798 (9.0) |
| Cirrhosis | 11,348 (5.4) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 40,062 (19.2) |
| Acute kidney injury | 28,303 (13.5) |
| Diabetes | 85,953 (41.1) |
| Malignancy | 43,578 (20.8) |
| Trauma | 47,390 (22.7) |
| Pneumonia | 30,044 (14.4) |
| Sepsis/shock | 26,053 (12.5) |
| Prior-year AUD, no. (%) | 32,028 (15.3) |
| Prior-year AWS, no (%) | 6905 (3.3) |
| Prior-year other substance use disorder*, no. (%) | 20,292 (9.7) |
| Prior-year mental health diagnoses, no. (%) | |
| Anxiety | 27,054 (12.9) |
| Depression | 56,545 (27.0) |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 30,144 (14.4) |
| Bipolar disorder | 8392 (4.0) |
| Psychotic disorder | 13,872 (6.6) |
| Prior-year outpatient care, no. (%) | |
| Emergency Department care | 122,776 (62.7) |
| Primary care | 184,306 (93.0) |
| Specialty Medical/Surgical care | 175,938 (88.9) |
| Mental Health/Substance use care | 72,354 (37.5) |
| Prior-year inpatient care, no. (%) | |
| Medical admission | 82,128 (39.3) |
| Surgical admission | 16,491 (7.9) |
| Mental health/Substance use admission | 7780 (3.7) |
AUD indicates alcohol use disorder; AWS, alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
*
Includes only drug use disorders.