Relationship between clinical conditions and use of Veterans Affairs health care among Medicare-enrolled veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine how reliance on Veterans Affairs (VA) for medical care among veterans enrolled in Medicare is affected by medical conditions, access, and patient characteristics.

Data sources/study setting

Department of Veterans Affairs.

Study design

We examined reliance on the VA for inpatient, outpatient, and overall medical care among all VA users in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 who were also enrolled in Medicare. We calculated the marginal effects of patient factors on VA reliance using fractional logistic regression; we also analyzed overall VA reliance separately for under-65 and age-65+ groups. The primary focus of this analysis was the relationship between aggregated condition categories (ACCs), which represent medical conditions, and reliance on the VA.<

SUBMITTER: Petersen LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2875759 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature