VA and Medicare Utilization Among Dually Enrolled Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes: A Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many Veterans treated within the VA Healthcare System (VA) are also enrolled in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and receive treatment outside the VA. Prior research has not accounted for the multiple ways that Veterans receive services across healthcare systems.

Objective

We aimed to establish a typology of VA and Medicare utilization among dually enrolled Veterans with type 2 diabetes.

Design

This was a retrospective cohort.

Participants

316,775 community-dwelling Veterans age ≥ 65 years with type 2 diabetes who were dually enrolled in the VA and FFS Medicare in 2008-2009.

Methods

Using latent class analysis, we identified classes of Veterans based upon their probability of using VA and Medicare diabetes care services, including patient visits

SUBMITTER: Radomski TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4835371 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature