Table 1.
Distribution of individual and VA homesite characteristics of women veteran VA patients in national study sample, overall, and by gynecologist supply desert status, FY17
| Gynecologist supply desert?† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 407,482) |
Yes (n = 36,936, 9% of women veterans) |
No (n = 370,546, 91% of women veterans) |
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| N | %‡ | %‡ | %‡,§ | |
| Individual characteristics | ||||
| Rural/urban residence | ||||
| Rural | 108,789 | 26.7% | 71.3% | 22.3% |
| Urban | 298,693 | 73.3% | 28.7% | 77.8% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5,084 | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| White | 226,343 | 55.6% | 73.5% | 53.8% |
| Unknown | 14,176 | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 4,156 | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Hispanic | 26,442 | 6.7% | 4.3% | 7.0% |
| Black or African American | 124,370 | 30.5% | 15.9% | 32.0% |
| Asian | 5,911 | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| Age | ||||
| 18–44 years old | 162,096 | 39.8% | 35.1% | 40.3% |
| 45–64 years old | 193,247 | 47.4% | 49.1% | 47.3% |
| 65 years old or older | 52,139 | 12.8% | 15.9% | 12.5% |
| Service-connected disability rating status | ||||
| Any rating | 276,461 | 67.9% | 63.3% | 68.3% |
| None | 131,021 | 32.2% | 36.7% | 31.7% |
| New/return status | ||||
| New to VA | 14,456 | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.6% |
| Returning to VA | 393,026 | 96.5% | 97.0% | 96.4% |
| Characteristics of VA site where woman receives care | ||||
| VAMC/other | ||||
| VAMC | 188,657 | 46.3% | 23.2% | 48.6% |
| Other | 218,825 | 53.7% | 76.8% | 51.4% |
| Women’s clinic at site | ||||
| Women’s clinic at site | 189,267 | 46.5% | 20.5% | 49.0% |
| No women’s clinic at site | 218,215 | 53.6% | 79.5% | 51.0% |
VA, Veterans Health Administration; FY, fiscal year; VAMC, Veterans Administration Medical Center; Other, community-based outpatient clinic or other non-VAMC VA site
†Women residing in a gynecologist supply desert have both inadequate community supply in the county of residence (2 or fewer gynecologists per 10,000 women) and no local VA gynecologist (i.e., no VA gynecologist was available at the homesite or within 50 miles of the homesite)
‡Percents use the column total as the denominator. For example, among women in a gynecologist supply desert, 71.3% had rural residences
§Distributions of all characteristics reported in Table 1 among those who do not reside in a gynecologist supply desert (n = 370,546) are significantly different from the sub-population who reside in a gynecologist supply desert (n = 36,936) (p < 0.001 for each characteristic)
¶Sites reference veterans’ homesites