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Table 1 Analytic Sample Means or Percentages.

From: Dual use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: are there adverse health outcomes?

 

Veterans

Non-Veterans

 

Over-Reporters

Accurate Reporters

Over-Reporters

Accurate Reporters

Covariates

    

Age (years)***

74.57

74.86

80.64

79.11

Race

    

   White (reference group)

90.1

92.0

74.1

79.8

   Hispanic**

2.7

1.7

14.7

8.2

   African American*

7.2

5.5

9.9

10.7

   Other Race

0.0

0.8

1.3

1.3

High School Education***

64.1

67.5

35.0

45.1

HH Income < $15,000***

25.6

17.3

60.2

37.3

Total Wealth <= $19,000***

17.4

9.8

24.9

21.0

Self-Rated Health:

    

   Excellent**

4.7

15.1

5.2

11.5

   Very Good**

10.9

26.6

15.0

20.9

   Good (reference group)

30.5

31.8

32.3

33.4

   Fair

28.1

19.9

21.4

23.7

   Poor***

25.8

6.6

26.1

10.5

# ADLs w/difficulty***

0.38

0.14

0.56

0.26

# IADLs w/difficulty***

0.39

0.24

0.76

0.44

Cancer***

18.7

14.8

28.4

11.0

Diabetes

14.2

12.9

20.4

9.5

Heart Disease***

53.0

30.2

45.5

31.7

Lung Disease

19.0

10.7

13.4

11.5

Stroke

15.1

8.9

10.9

10.1

Cognitive Status (TICS-7)***

12.44

12.92

10.64

11.56

CES-D Symptoms***

2.14

1.12

1.98

1.58

Selection Bias Adjustment

    

Propensity Score

0.63

0.63

0.64

0.64

Intervening Variable

    

Any ACSC Admission**

21.3

11.2

25.6

14.5

Weighted N

96

792

60

574

  1. Note: Weighted analyses adjust for the unequal probabilities of selection due either to the multi-stage cluster sampling design and/or the over-sampling.
  2. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001