Table 2.

Annual Costs to the Veterans Health Administration for Patients With and Without a Primary Care Provider by Risk Decile, Fiscal Years 2016–2019

	Number of patients		VA inpatient cost		VA outpatient cost		Community care cost		Prescription drug cost		Total cost
Risk groups	With PCP	Without PCP	With PCP	Without PCP	With PCP	Without PCP	With PCP	Without PCP	With PCP	Without PCP	With PCP	Without PCP
1	1,597,370	765,886	$67	$295	$957.60	$1,124.87	$47.14	$59.69	$96.72	$23.64	$1,071.68	$1,479.28
2	1,901,766	461,956	$75	$472	$1,345.11	$1,532.19	$88.59	$180.31	$154.85	$64.76	$1,508.95	$2,184.08
3	2,098,022	265,534	$49	$586	$1,913.62	$2,294.60	$134.68	$466.39	$227.30	$138.99	$2,097.75	$3,346.78
4	2,186,755	176,695	$48	$666	$2,642.96	$3,433.13	$198.91	$590.67	$315.85	$253.40	$2,889.98	$4,689.46
5	2,221,288	142,203	$69	$950	$3,622.99	$4,673.57	$299.79	$774.62	$441.34	$408.61	$3,991.31	$6,398.07
6	2,242,974	120,667	$119	$1,617	$4,959.14	$5,980.45	$447.24	$1,033.25	$607.77	$562.94	$5,525.78	$8,631.14
7	2,253,216	110,738	$268	$2,884	$6,924.92	$8,086.87	$698.42	$1,483.59	$872.28	$966.54	$7,891.82	$12,454.58
8	2,253,025	109,115	$706	$5,279	$9,952.52	$11,227.95	$1,159.57	$2,032.23	$1,310.56	$1,547.57	$11,817.60	$18,538.74
9	2,249,374	114,783	$2,483	$10,670	$15,245.37	$16,369.35	$2,206.05	$2,915.93	$2,136.43	$2,583.49	$19,934.46	$29,955.01
10	2,227,474	135,708	$23,015	$42,984	$29,494.79	$30,071.45	$7,611.71	$7,993.03	$4,800.14	$5,400.66	$60,121.91	$81,048.96

Notes: FY, fiscal year; PCP, enrolled with a Veterans Health Administration primary care provider