Table 1.
Characteristics of the recently separated service members receiving Veterans Affairs primary care in fiscal year 2018 and characteristics of the related primary care providers (by Joint Longitudinal Viewer Encounter and Joint Longitudinal Viewer Provider).
| Characteristics | Non–JLVa encounter (n=435) | JLV encounter (n=457) | Non–JLV provider (n=305) | JLV provider (n=587) | Overall (N=892) | |||||||
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Gender (male), n (%) | 298 (68.5) | 290 (63.5) | 208 (68.2) | 380 (64.7) | 588 (65.9) | ||||||
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Age (years), mean | 34.2 | 34.3 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 34.3 | ||||||
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Race, n (%) | |||||||||||
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White | 243 (55.9) | 269 (58.9) | 164 (53.8) | 348 (59.3) | 512 (57.4) | |||||
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Black or African American | 114 (26.2) | 114 (24.9) | 85 (27.9) | 143 (24.4) | 228 (25.6) | |||||
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Other | 78 (17.9) | 74 (16.2) | 56 (18.4) | 96 (16.4) | 152 (17) | |||||
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Elixhauser comorbidity score (mean) | 1.16 | 1.28 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.22 | ||||||
| Provider characteristics | ||||||||||||
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Provider history rate of ordering imaging studies (mean) | 17.8 | 17.2 | 18 | 17.3 | 17.5 | ||||||
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Provider type, n (%) | |||||||||||
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Physician | 169 (38.9) | 167 (36.5) | 138 (45.3) | 198 (33.7) | 336 (37.7) | |||||
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Physician assistant/Nurse practitioner |
266 (61.1) | 290 (63.5) | 167 (54.8) | 389 (66.3) | 556 (62.3) | |||||
aJLV: Joint Longitudinal Viewer.