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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Pharmacy use by dual-eligible non-elderly veterans with private healthcare insurance

Characteristic

FY 2002

FY 2010

Statistics

N = 4022

N = 7087

X2 or Z; DF; p

Age in years, mean (S.D.)

51.2 (9.2)

52.4 (11.0)

Za = 15.0; <.001

Age group, n (%)

  

X2 = 362; 3; <.001

  < 35 years

335 (8.3)

716 (10.1)

 

 35–44 years

490 (12.2)

963 (13.6)

 

 45–54 years

1556 (38.7)

1218 (17.2)

 

 55–64 years

1641 (40.8)

4190 (59.1)

 

Sex, n (%)

  

X2 = 22.4; 1; <.001

 Male

3879 (96.4)

6693 (94.4)

 

 Female

143 (3.6)

394 (5.6)

 

Marital Status, n (%)

  

X2 = 48.6; 3; <.001

 Married

1295 (32.2)

2677 (37.8)

 

 Never Married

144 (3.6)

294 (4.2)

 

 Divorced or Widowed

2323 (57.8)

3609 (50.9)

 

 Unknown

260 (6.5)

507 (7.2)

 

Residence, n (%)

  

X2 = 60.8; 1; <.001

 Urban

1308 (32.5)

2819 (39.8)

 

 Rural

2702 (67.2)

4214 (59.5)

 

 Unknown

12 (0.3)

54 (0.8)

 

Service Connection, n (%)

  

X2 = 32.6; 4; <.001

 None

2439 (60.6)

4408 (62.2)

 

 1–10 %

568 (14.1)

1079 (15.2)

 

 11–80 %

837 (20.8)

1397 (19.7)

 

 81–100 %

54 (1.3)

92 (1.3)

 

 Unknown

124 (3.1)

111 (1.6)

 
  1. aWilcoxon rank sum test, normal approximation, two-sided test