Table 2.
Characteristics of women Veterans receiving outpatient care in FY17 at card study sites* benchmarked against women Veterans receiving outpatient care in FY17 at any VA Site.
| Characteristics | Women Veterans at Card Study HCSs (20 HCSsa) |
Women Veterans at Any VA HCS nationally (141 HCSs) |
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| Median N = 3027 women per HCS (Range 1129–6754 women) |
Median N = 3052 women per HCS (Range 111-14,653 women) |
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| Sites Median % (Range) | Sites Median % (Range) | |
| Age, N (%) | ||
| 18–44 years old | 39.4 (29.9–51.6) | 38.8 (28.5–58.9) |
| 45–64 years old | 43.8 (35.4–51.8) | 46.7 (32.7–58.9) |
| 65+ years old | 13.4 (9.2–22.0) | 13.8 (5.0–25.9) |
| Race/Ethnicity, N (%) | ||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.2 (0.3–4.2) | 1.1 (0.3–13.0) |
| Asian | 1.0 (0.1–12.6) | 0.8 (0.1–77.5) |
| Black/African-American | 17.9 (1.9–67.5) | 15.4 (0.4–72.2) |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 0.8 (0.4–15.9) | 0.8 (0.2–15.9) |
| White | 65.0 (28.1–91.5) | 69.5 (8.1–92.7) |
| Hispanic | 6.7 (1.1–77.6) | 3.4 (0.9–77.6) |
| Unknown | 6.0 (2.6–18.0) | 6.3 (1.9–20.6) |
| Rural/Urban, N (%) | ||
| Highly rural | 0.6 (0.0–8.4) | 0.7 (0.0–13.0) |
| Other rural | 28.2 (2.7–74.9) | 31.6 (2.7–86.1) |
| Urban | 66.5 (16.8–97.2) | 65.7 (5.1–97.2) |
| Island | 0.0 (0.0–10.7) | 0.0 (0.0–10.7) |
| Condition domains, N (%) | ||
| Infectious Disease | 31.1 (21.0–38.3) | 30.2 (9.9–45.3) |
| Endocrine/Metabolic/Nutritional | 54.0 (39.1–66.4) | 55.6 (35.1–67.7) |
| Cardiovascular | 36.7 (28.9–51.3) | 38.2 (24.5–53.4) |
| Respiratory | 34.9 (22.7–40.0) | 36.3 (22.7–46.6) |
| Gastrointestinal | 32.6 (21.3–46.2) | 34.9 (21.3–47.8) |
| Urinary | 16.1 (12.0–21.7) | 16.7 (10.5–27.9) |
| Reproductive Health | 28.4 (20.1–39.1) | 27.7 (7.2–41.2) |
| Breast | 6.7 (4.2–11.7) | 6.1 (2.7–16.0) |
| Cancer | 6.1 (3.8–7.8) | 5.8 (2.7–9.2) |
| Hematologic/Immunologic | 9.9 (5.6–14.9) | 9.9 (3.6–20.7) |
| Musculoskeletal | 59.9 (54.7–73.6) | 61.2 (50.6–73.6) |
| Neurologic | 32.0 (29.0–38.8) | 32.7 (25.7–39.7) |
| Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder | 52.3 (44.4–59.0) | 53.2 (40.9–62.8) |
| Sense Organ | 36.7 (22.1–47.2) | 36.5 (20.0–51.8) |
| Dental | 11.4 (7.9–17.9) | 12.0 (5.4–20.9) |
| Dermatologic | 26.1 (17.0–30.3) | 25.4 (13.5–37.3) |
| Other | 56.7 (47.9–66.5) | 56.3 (18.9–68.5) |
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Health Care Systems (HCS) at the VA operate principally with one VAMC and multiple CBOCs; 20 HCSs participated in the card study. Nationally in FY17 there were 141 HCSs. Median percentages reported for the Card Study HCSs reflect all women Veterans receiving outpatient care at those HCSs, independent of whether those women participated in the Card Study. Data came from Veterans Health Administration, Office of Women’s Health Services, Women’s Health Evaluation Initiative (WHEI) Master Database, FY00-FY16.