Table 1

Demographic Characteristics of CBOC, VAMC and Crossover Patients

VAMC Patients

CBOC Patients

Crossover Patients

Age

60.4 (14.3)

64.0 (13.0)

60.0 (14.2)

Male (%)

94.6

96.4

92.3

Married (%)

54.1

67.8

58.9

Not Married (%)

43.7

31.7

39.8

Unknown Marital (%)

2.2

1.5

1.3

Caucasian (%)

51.3

48.0

60.2

Non-Caucasian (%)

17.3

6.8

12.1

Unknown Race (%)

31.4

45.2

27.7

Service Connection (%)

15.9 (28.0)

11.5 (23.6)

21.6 (30.9)

DCG score, 1999

0.61 (1.00)

0.34 (0.64)

0.62 (0.98)

Means test status (%)

No means test required

36.7

30.4

46.4

Above means test

15.9

27.0

22.2

Below means test

44.7

41.8

39.9

Not applicable

2.7

0.8

1.5

Differential Distance

5.7 (33.0)

44.5 (35.6)

34.8 (37.1)

Home to VAMC Distance

27.5 (31.0)

60.7 (37.7)

51.8 (39.0)

Sample Size

26,176

23,894

11,074

Maciejewski et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:56   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-56