Table 3.
Ambulatory-Care Sensitive Conditions Risk Score and Selected Participant Characteristics Stratified According to Risk Score Quartile
| Characteristic | Quartile 1 |
Quartile 2 |
Quartile 3 |
Quartile 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No HBPC, n = 83,345 | HBPC, n = 286 | No HBPC, n = 102,904 | HBPC, n = 791 | No HBPC, n = 84,775 | HBPC, n = 1,165 | No HBPC, n = 89,375 | HBPC, n = 2,300 | |
| Age, mean | 71.1 | 77.1 | 69.4 | 75.4 | 70.5 | 75.3 | 72.7 | 76.4 |
| Number of comorbidities, mean | 1.52 | 1.59 | 2.30 | 2.81 | 3.67 | 4.38 | 6.05 | 6.77 |
| Comorbidity, % | ||||||||
| Congestive heart failure | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 63.8 | 72.5 |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 25.5 | 31.9 | 58.3 | 56.7 |
| Hypertension | 99.9 | 100.0 | 72.8 | 85.5 | 84.0 | 87.1 | 88.9 | 90.3 |
| Chronic pulmonary disorder | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37.4 | 18.9 | 71.0 | 71.4 |
| Renal failure | 4.2 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 17.5 | 22.3 | 27.4 |
| Obesity | 19.9 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 23.5 | 27.0 |
| Fluid or electrolyte disorder | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 14.6 | 23.8 | 31.8 | 41.0 |
| Deficiency anemia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 17.1 | 21.4 | 30.7 | 36.6 | 44.9 |
| Drug abuse | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Psychosis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 24.0 | 16.2 | 27.5 | 18.1 | 25.5 |
| Depression | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.2 | 22.7 | 18.7 | 30.2 | 23.6 | 35.4 |
Model also included age, demographic characteristics, service connection, Veterans Affairs facility, month, year, and the Elixhauser comorbidities pulmonary circulatory disorder, paralysis, other neurological condition, hypothyroidism, liver disease, peptic ulcer disease, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, lymphoma, metastatic cancer, solitary tumor, rheumatoid arthritis, weight loss, blood loss anemia, and alcohol abuse.
HBPC = Home-Based Primary Care.