Appendix C
VISN-LEVEL PATIENT VARIABLES AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
FOR THE FY 2000 VHA PATIENT POPULATION
Tables C.1 and C.2 describe the characteristics of the VHA patient population and
facilities by VISN for fiscal year 2000. Table C.1 shows the size, demographic characteristics, and other patient-level variables for the patient population. Table C.2 describes the facility-level characteristics. Chapter Two Tables 2.1 and 2.2 show which
variables were included in the policy model.
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VISN-Level Descriptives, Patient Variables
Age
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Number of
Individuals Missing
140,459
1.4%
87,586
1.6%
132,097
1.2%
172,609
1.4%
83,276
1.3%
152,560
2.0%
186,677
2.1%
279,057
1.3%
155,945
1.5%
109,081
1.7%
127,748
1.5%
125,734
1.3%
82,099
2.0%
59,760
1.4%
131,598
1.4%
282,713
1.9%
146,699
1.8%
143,268
1.1%
87,858
1.8%
138,749
2.3%
139,667
1.7%
168,276
1.3%
Under 25
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 to 74
75 to 84
85 or
older
0.7%
1.0%
0.6%
0.7%
0.7%
0.8%
0.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.7%
0.7%
1.0%
0.7%
0.8%
0.6%
0.7%
1.1%
0.8%
1.0%
1.1%
0.8%
1.4%
3.8%
4.4%
3.3%
3.6%
4.9%
5.4%
5.1%
3.7%
4.8%
4.6%
4.8%
4.6%
4.0%
4.4%
4.0%
4.7%
5.7%
4.6%
5.4%
6.2%
4.2%
6.0%
8.0%
9.2%
8.2%
8.3%
12.9%
11.9%
12.5%
9.0%
10.2%
11.3%
10.3%
10.0%
8.2%
9.3%
10.0%
9.9%
11.1%
9.4%
10.4%
11.8%
9.4%
12.2%
20.9%
19.4%
18.7%
19.8%
23.6%
24.3%
24.7%
20.1%
23.8%
23.2%
22.7%
20.9%
20.5%
19.8%
22.5%
24.0%
23.9%
22.1%
23.6%
26.1%
24.8%
24.9%
14.7%
14.1%
13.9%
15.0%
14.6%
16.1%
16.3%
17.1%
16.8%
14.9%
15.2%
14.7%
14.6%
14.5%
16.0%
17.8%
17.3%
17.7%
16.8%
17.2%
17.5%
19.2%
24.7%
24.6%
25.1%
26.1%
22.2%
21.9%
21.7%
25.2%
23.2%
23.0%
23.4%
23.6%
25.3%
25.6%
24.5%
22.9%
21.1%
23.5%
21.5%
18.6%
20.4%
19.0%
23.4%
23.6%
26.0%
23.3%
18.0%
16.3%
15.6%
20.8%
17.4%
19.2%
20.0%
21.8%
22.3%
22.0%
19.2%
16.6%
16.4%
18.9%
17.8%
15.3%
18.9%
14.4%
2.3%
2.3%
3.0%
1.9%
1.9%
1.4%
1.3%
2.1%
1.6%
1.5%
1.5%
2.1%
2.4%
2.2%
1.8%
1.6%
1.8%
2.0%
1.6%
1.5%
2.3%
1.7%
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Table C.1
Table C.1—continued
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Missing
$20 or
less
$21 to
$40
11.0%
15.4%
19.6%
14.0%
18.9%
11.1%
12.8%
10.3%
12.3%
12.7%
14.2%
12.8%
13.4%
11.3%
10.9%
11.7%
14.0%
10.6%
13.6%
13.6%
14.5%
18.6%
56.8%
55.8%
53.5%
55.5%
54.1%
56.8%
59.8%
61.7%
61.1%
60.7%
60.3%
59.5%
57.5%
59.8%
59.9%
61.8%
59.8%
59.0%
56.3%
59.9%
56.5%
59.4%
25.7%
22.6%
20.6%
24.1%
20.0%
25.1%
21.6%
22.7%
21.6%
21.7%
20.2%
21.5%
21.8%
22.6%
23.1%
21.8%
21.0%
23.7%
23.2%
21.4%
22.5%
17.1%
$41 to
$60
3.9%
3.6%
3.2%
3.9%
3.6%
4.5%
3.5%
3.2%
3.1%
3.2%
3.2%
3.7%
4.1%
4.2%
3.8%
2.9%
3.1%
4.0%
4.1%
3.1%
3.5%
2.6%
$61 to
$80
1.2%
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
1.5%
1.5%
1.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
1.1%
1.3%
1.3%
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Race/ethnicity
Greater
than $80
1.5%
1.4%
1.9%
1.5%
1.9%
1.1%
1.1%
1.2%
0.9%
0.9%
1.2%
1.4%
2.0%
1.1%
1.2%
0.9%
1.0%
1.4%
1.5%
1.0%
1.6%
1.2%
Missing
33.2%
31.5%
29.7%
34.9%
34.4%
35.0%
32.1%
28.0%
24.1%
32.2%
25.9%
28.1%
40.7%
34.7%
30.2%
26.9%
28.8%
27.7%
27.5%
38.6%
32.7%
42.1%
Native
Hispanic American
1.1%
0.1%
0.6%
0.1%
5.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
20.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.5%
0.1%
1.3%
0.2%
0.3%
1.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.6%
0.1%
1.1%
0.4%
11.2%
0.1%
10.9%
1.4%
4.7%
0.5%
1.1%
0.6%
3.7%
0.3%
5.5%
0.2%
Black
3.7%
6.4%
18.1%
10.9%
27.8%
18.8%
25.6%
7.4%
12.1%
14.7%
14.7%
19.6%
1.8%
3.5%
9.5%
19.3%
12.0%
4.1%
3.8%
4.7%
9.5%
11.2%
Asian
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
1.0%
5.9%
1.2%
White
61.8%
61.4%
46.2%
53.6%
37.0%
45.5%
41.8%
43.8%
63.4%
52.5%
58.8%
50.6%
55.7%
61.2%
59.6%
52.2%
47.7%
55.6%
63.3%
54.0%
48.0%
39.9%
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VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Missing
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Female
4.2%
4.4%
2.9%
3.8%
6.1%
6.2%
6.0%
4.8%
4.3%
4.4%
4.3%
4.4%
4.4%
4.5%
4.2%
4.9%
6.1%
5.5%
5.9%
6.4%
5.3%
5.4%
Marital Status
Male
95.8%
95.5%
97.1%
96.2%
93.9%
93.8%
94.0%
95.2%
95.6%
95.6%
95.7%
95.6%
95.6%
95.5%
95.8%
95.1%
93.9%
94.5%
94.0%
93.6%
94.6%
94.6%
Missing
3.8%
4.7%
3.4%
4.1%
5.8%
5.2%
5.2%
5.0%
4.9%
4.1%
4.4%
4.4%
8.4%
4.7%
3.8%
6.0%
7.1%
3.9%
6.4%
7.1%
4.3%
5.8%
Single
45.8%
43.6%
50.3%
42.0%
50.2%
38.8%
40.5%
37.1%
38.7%
47.9%
47.9%
50.1%
39.0%
41.9%
41.9%
38.9%
38.0%
40.7%
41.4%
43.7%
49.9%
56.0%
Married
50.4%
51.8%
46.3%
53.9%
44.1%
56.0%
54.4%
58.0%
56.5%
47.9%
47.8%
45.5%
52.7%
53.4%
54.3%
55.1%
54.9%
55.5%
52.2%
49.2%
45.8%
38.3%
# of MDs per Capita
ARF
Variables Less than 0.001 to
Missing
0.001
0.002
0.1%
2.7%
25.8%
0.0%
17.7%
30.5%
0.1%
1.0%
9.3%
0.1%
17.1%
31.0%
0.1%
13.5%
20.8%
0.0%
38.3%
31.5%
0.1%
35.9%
24.7%
4.9%
21.5%
24.7%
0.0%
42.9%
22.0%
0.0%
27.7%
22.8%
0.0%
34.1%
18.5%
0.0%
21.2%
18.3%
0.1%
44.1%
17.3%
0.0%
43.6%
21.5%
0.0%
48.3%
20.1%
0.1%
35.5%
18.2%
0.0%
37.2%
15.3%
0.1%
21.8%
27.4%
0.1%
21.5%
29.9%
0.1%
16.6%
32.0%
0.3%
11.8%
28.8%
0.1%
2.7%
34.6%
0.0021 to
0.003
25.0%
13.4%
39.2%
24.4%
36.4%
14.7%
17.7%
32.5%
3.6%
13.4%
26.8%
9.3%
14.2%
23.0%
17.9%
19.5%
13.5%
25.9%
33.3%
36.4%
35.6%
61.3%
Greater
than
0.003
46.4%
38.4%
50.4%
27.6%
29.2%
15.4%
21.6%
16.5%
31.5%
36.1%
20.6%
51.2%
24.4%
11.9%
13.7%
26.8%
34.0%
24.8%
15.2%
15.0%
23.5%
1.4%
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Gender
Table C.1—continued
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Less
than
0.003
42.5%
19.7%
19.9%
30.2%
61.4%
49.0%
44.3%
28.6%
35.5%
41.1%
38.4%
24.4%
30.5%
24.7%
38.9%
34.4%
43.8%
61.2%
59.6%
61.0%
68.2%
61.9%
0.003 to
0.006
49.7%
50.6%
64.6%
40.0%
10.6%
31.2%
27.0%
57.2%
42.3%
56.4%
55.0%
72.6%
40.3%
49.4%
37.5%
41.7%
47.0%
31.6%
18.1%
36.7%
28.1%
6%
36.6%
Greater
than
0.006
7.8%
29.6%
15.4%
29.8%
27.9%
19.7%
28.7%
9.3%
22.2%
2.5%
6.6%
3.0%
29.1%
25.9%
23.7%
23.9%
9.2%
7.2%
22.2%
2.3%
3.4%
1.5%
Rural/Urban Residence
Missing
1.2%
0.4%
0.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
24.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
2.0%
0.4%
Urban
76.2%
72.6%
97.2%
77.4%
84.7%
65.7%
66.0%
62.9%
54.9%
78.9%
70.4%
76.6%
48.7%
44.4%
50.4%
64.4%
74.2%
69.0%
55.6%
66.3%
81.8%
97.4%
Suburban
15.3%
23.1%
1.9%
16.1%
9.2%
20.7%
23.5%
8.1%
17.6%
16.1%
18.8%
12.7%
15.4%
30.6%
19.7%
20.4%
15.7%
19.9%
17.4%
22.5%
12.9%
1.4%
Rural
6.0%
2.7%
0.1%
3.8%
2.5%
6.1%
5.1%
2.1%
15.2%
3.9%
6.1%
6.8%
20.2%
14.2%
19.3%
10.1%
6.0%
6.3%
17.8%
8.0%
2.3%
0.5%
Very
Rural
1.3%
1.2%
0.1%
2.3%
3.1%
7.3%
5.1%
2.4%
12.1%
1.0%
4.5%
3.7%
15.5%
10.6%
10.5%
4.9%
3.9%
4.5%
8.8%
2.9%
0.9%
0.2%
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Table C.1—continued
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Missing
3.5%
1.0%
3.5%
1.0%
1.4%
0.4%
2.5%
3.6%
0.5%
0.4%
2.4%
1.9%
2.1%
1.3%
0.5%
0.5%
5.0%
1.0%
1.1%
5.7%
3.5%
2.4%
Less
Greater
than 30 31 to 100
101 to
than 250
Miles
Miles
Miles
250 Miles
59.9%
32.7%
3.6%
0.4%
27.7%
35.8%
33.7%
1.9%
81.7%
13.4%
1.2%
0.3%
60.5%
36.8%
1.5%
0.2%
71.3%
23.7%
3.1%
0.5%
47.7%
44.7%
6.4%
0.7%
40.8%
45.2%
10.7%
0.8%
45.0%
40.3%
10.7%
0.5%
41.6%
47.0%
10.2%
0.8%
56.4%
40.1%
2.6%
0.4%
42.1%
43.0%
12.1%
0.4%
60.0%
29.2%
8.2%
0.7%
36.7%
35.7%
23.5%
2.0%
24.2%
50.9%
22.5%
1.1%
43.7%
44.0%
11.2%
0.7%
38.1%
46.3%
14.5%
0.7%
39.6%
36.9%
17.7%
0.8%
44.0%
30.4%
23.2%
1.4%
41.3%
28.8%
24.4%
4.5%
50.7%
32.1%
9.6%
2.0%
45.8%
34.0%
15.2%
1.5%
60.9%
24.1%
11.7%
0.9%
Distance to Closest CBOC
Greater
Less than 31 to 100 than 100
Missing 30 Miles
Miles
Miles
1.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.8%
2.0%
0.6%
91.2%
95.7%
98.8%
91.9%
95.5%
38.9%
48.9%
81.5%
59.4%
92.7%
60.6%
86.3%
50.3%
35.4%
69.2%
34.8%
71.8%
54.7%
69.0%
62.6%
72.4%
94.8%
7.6%
3.9%
0.8%
7.8%
4.3%
60.9%
50.8%
17.2%
40.4%
7.1%
39.1%
13.5%
48.9%
64.0%
30.5%
65.0%
27.9%
44.5%
29.5%
35.3%
24.6%
4.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
1.4%
0.9%
0.1%
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Table C.1—continued
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Missing
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1
18.9%
12.7%
12.6%
13.9%
13.8%
19.0%
15.8%
17.1%
16.1%
11.8%
11.8%
11.8%
15.2%
13.4%
12.5%
16.5%
18.7%
17.1%
17.6%
21.1%
17.9%
13.1%
2
9.6%
7.4%
7.2%
8.1%
8.5%
11.5%
10.0%
8.8%
9.3%
7.8%
7.9%
7.1%
9.0%
8.4%
7.9%
8.8%
10.9%
9.8%
10.0%
11.5%
9.8%
8.4%
3
16.3%
14.1%
16.6%
13.8%
13.6%
16.4%
15.9%
15.6%
14.2%
13.6%
14.0%
12.8%
16.0%
13.7%
13.2%
13.4%
17.4%
15.7%
15.2%
16.5%
15.4%
14.4%
4
5.0%
4.3%
3.6%
4.2%
4.6%
4.9%
5.6%
5.0%
5.5%
5.0%
4.8%
6.9%
5.2%
5.6%
5.8%
5.7%
4.5%
3.8%
4.5%
5.4%
4.0%
4.0%
5
42.3%
52.2%
44.2%
49.8%
50.7%
41.7%
45.0%
47.7%
48.4%
55.3%
53.4%
53.1%
41.7%
51.5%
53.0%
49.6%
42.0%
45.8%
44.9%
39.1%
46.2%
52.7%
6
1.1%
1.2%
0.9%
1.1%
1.4%
1.4%
1.3%
1.1%
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
2.1%
1.1%
1.6%
1.2%
1.7%
1.5%
1.3%
1.1%
1.3%
1.1%
7
6.8%
8.1%
14.9%
9.2%
7.3%
5.1%
6.4%
4.9%
5.4%
5.3%
7.0%
7.2%
10.7%
6.3%
6.3%
4.8%
4.7%
6.3%
6.6%
5.3%
5.4%
6.2%
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Table C.1—continued
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Missing
49.0%
49.0%
49.7%
51.7%
59.8%
56.8%
58.2%
54.3%
54.7%
56.6%
53.2%
51.2%
50.0%
50.1%
51.9%
56.8%
61.1%
55.1%
56.1%
61.6%
58.3%
64.5%
None
16.3%
17.3%
14.9%
12.4%
16.4%
14.9%
14.0%
14.7%
16.4%
13.3%
15.6%
17.7%
18.0%
15.0%
17.2%
15.0%
14.1%
16.5%
15.3%
15.1%
15.6%
11.9%
Less
than
25%
10.4%
12.0%
7.6%
8.6%
7.6%
11.3%
9.7%
7.9%
11.7%
8.9%
10.7%
10.6%
13.6%
14.1%
11.3%
9.5%
7.8%
9.0%
10.4%
8.4%
7.3%
4.5%
25 to
50%
5.1%
5.4%
4.9%
4.8%
3.6%
4.9%
4.8%
4.8%
4.9%
4.4%
5.1%
4.8%
4.7%
5.9%
5.1%
4.2%
3.5%
4.2%
4.7%
3.4%
3.6%
2.7%
51 to
75%
6.2%
6.2%
6.7%
6.3%
4.0%
4.6%
4.9%
6.3%
4.7%
5.4%
5.5%
5.4%
4.8%
5.8%
5.2%
4.7%
4.3%
5.2%
5.0%
4.1%
4.9%
4.3%
More than
75%
12.9%
10.2%
16.3%
16.3%
8.6%
7.6%
8.3%
12.0%
7.5%
11.5%
10.0%
10.3%
9.0%
9.2%
9.4%
9.7%
9.2%
10.0%
8.5%
7.4%
10.4%
12.1%
Medicare
Reliance
Imputed
8.5%
5.7%
10.0%
10.3%
4.5%
1.5%
1.7%
8.3%
1.4%
7.4%
2.7%
5.3%
2.4%
1.8%
3.3%
4.4%
5.7%
7.5%
5.1%
6.0%
9.0%
12.1%
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Medicare Reliance
Table C.1—continued
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Generosity of Medicaid LTC
Medicaid
Variables
Missing
1st
Quartile
(lowest)
2nd
Quartile
3rd
Quartile
4th
Quartile
(highest)
1st
Quartile
(lowest)
2nd
Quartile
3rd
Quartile
4th
Quartile
(highest)
1.1%
0.4%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
20.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
2.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.6%
0.5%
28.9%
0.6%
1.1%
0.6%
0.7%
0.9%
1.1%
1.1%
1.5%
41.1%
97.3%
95.2%
22.2%
79.4%
86.2%
97.1%
1.5%
1.1%
1.5%
0.9%
16.1%
39.9%
69.2%
75.4%
52.0%
0.9%
0.9%
0.9%
1.7%
1.6%
22.8%
39.3%
0.9%
1.2%
31.7%
12.1%
9.2%
0.9%
6.6%
3.0%
1.2%
86.1%
70.6%
58.7%
1.1%
1.5%
44.2%
7.2%
92.6%
63.0%
3.0%
48.0%
25.9%
16.5%
0.9%
2.0%
44.4%
7.8%
1.0%
0.9%
90.3%
95.1%
96.1%
12.3%
12.3%
0.6%
0.5%
2.5%
2.6%
91.2%
5.6%
35.0%
93.9%
49.1%
49.6%
2.8%
0.8%
1.2%
1.4%
0.5%
1.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.4%
14.4%
39.0%
30.7%
0.5%
7.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.7%
0.7%
0.8%
1.3%
51.0%
96.9%
93.5%
2.2%
1.1%
10.0%
14.9%
1.7%
1.3%
1.7%
10.2%
68.4%
59.4%
67.9%
75.6%
13.1%
1.4%
1.1%
1.1%
0.8%
1.8%
24.9%
45.3%
1.3%
2.5%
20.9%
33.6%
76.6%
82.8%
6.5%
0.7%
26.9%
12.3%
13.0%
0.8%
0.8%
1.3%
77.4%
6.4%
92.6%
63.3%
36.6%
96.5%
73.3%
3.1%
0.9%
1.7%
33.4%
57.4%
9.8%
1.1%
90.3%
97.2%
70.2%
76.9%
3.9%
0.6%
0.5%
2.5%
2.1%
91.7%
5.6%
34.7%
61.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.7%
2.1%
43.3%
7.7%
1.7%
0.8%
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VISN-Level Descriptives, Facility Variables
Rural/Urban Location
VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Number of
Facilities
8
5
6
10
3
8
8
6
7
5
7
7
5
4
7
10
3
7
7
8
7
5
Urban
75.0%
80.0%
100.0%
90.0%
100.0%
87.5%
87.5%
100.0%
100.0%
80.0%
71.4%
71.4%
80.0%
75.0%
71.4%
90.0%
100.0%
71.4%
42.9%
75.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Suburban
12.5%
20.0%
0.0%
10.0%
0.0%
12.5%
12.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
28.6%
14.3%
20.0%
25.0%
14.3%
10.0%
0.0%
14.3%
28.6%
25.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Rural
12.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
20.0%
0.0%
14.3%
0.0%
0.0%
14.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
14.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Very
Rural
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
14.3%
14.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Average
Food Cost
VA Labor per Bed
Day
Index
1.025
0.982
1.075
0.997
1.034
0.974
0.971
0.956
0.968
1.000
1.000
1.030
1.005
0.973
0.969
0.978
0.960
0.957
0.986
0.999
1.121
1.035
9.231
7.472
6.645
6.479
6.051
5.931
6.121
6.226
5.676
4.655
6.982
6.154
5.184
3.138
8.410
5.916
5.018
4.462
6.010
6.899
7.622
7.171
Energy
Price
10.164
10.000
9.820
8.714
10.367
9.113
8.251
9.997
8.149
8.540
7.950
8.361
7.942
7.965
8.661
7.048
6.650
8.947
7.737
7.723
9.763
9.474
Contract
Labor
Costs
0.053
0.043
0.033
0.053
0.097
0.041
0.051
0.034
0.035
0.082
0.037
0.040
0.055
0.060
0.058
0.050
0.048
0.043
0.066
0.063
0.091
0.079
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Table C.2—continued
52.167
57.200
43.500
47.600
45.222
45.500
43.000
23.167
43.714
48.533
45.214
51.071
53.400
45.000
40.929
43.250
39.056
40.143
55.071
49.563
29.048
20.700
Average
Building
Condition
(1 to 5)
2.071
3.320
3.183
3.297
3.056
3.313
3.600
3.772
3.393
3.240
3.193
3.257
3.790
3.675
3.414
3.105
3.139
3.614
3.300
3.138
3.462
3.680
Ratio of Historic
Total
to Total Number Number of
of Buildings
Buildings
0.241
0.421
0.239
0.139
0.044
0.241
0.265
0.000
0.257
0.243
0.393
0.179
0.242
0.181
0.228
0.202
0.292
0.260
0.304
0.217
0.058
0.075
43.250
27.000
38.000
24.300
92.333
28.250
24.375
18.333
27.143
39.800
43.286
39.714
45.000
31.500
37.143
27.000
71.333
27.000
41.000
39.750
27.571
30.600
Indicator for
Recent Facility
Consolidation
0.250
0.200
0.333
0.100
0.333
0.000
0.125
0.167
0.000
0.000
0.143
0.143
0.200
0.500
0.143
0.000
1.000
0.000
0.143
0.125
0.143
0.200
Occupancy
Rate
0.851
0.797
0.786
0.751
0.852
0.828
0.771
0.796
0.772
0.675
0.809
0.821
0.800
0.863
0.789
0.827
0.771
0.674
0.850
0.821
0.666
0.751
Number of
CBOCs per
1000 Uniques
0.263
0.160
0.178
0.217
0.189
0.093
0.079
0.127
0.122
0.145
0.140
0.198
0.266
0.052
0.179
0.092
0.168
0.194
0.261
0.136
0.139
0.122
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VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Average
Building
Age as of
2001
75
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Table C.2—continued
0.288
0.000
0.588
0.000
0.000
0.743
0.457
0.404
0.391
0.137
0.000
0.539
0.000
0.000
0.124
0.072
0.435
0.217
0.000
0.135
0.239
0.794
Residents Square Feet of
Square Feet of
per Full- Building Space Building Space
per Unique
per Acre of Land
time MD
0.573
0.419
0.680
0.479
0.641
0.536
0.671
0.531
0.953
0.566
0.525
0.840
0.570
0.787
0.814
0.597
0.711
0.564
0.436
0.310
0.640
0.952
42.894
29.763
46.742
30.374
45.468
34.789
39.691
21.556
36.413
44.409
48.661
50.064
38.999
31.063
32.226
26.818
38.450
21.690
39.050
37.441
42.760
27.927
8.845
21.611
47.245
14.172
10.379
14.003
36.867
20.711
16.037
16.409
19.872
23.398
8.210
18.935
12.594
33.527
11.713
10.742
12.613
9.540
24.359
23.981
Leased Square
Feet per Unique
0.987
0.892
0.466
0.316
0.642
0.470
0.938
1.916
0.448
2.896
1.100
0.798
0.164
0.453
0.199
0.331
1.539
1.135
0.602
1.282
1.679
1.785
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VISN
01 Boston
02 Albany
03 Bronx
04 Pittsburgh
05 Baltimore
06 Durham
07 Atlanta
08 Bay Pines
09 Nashville
10 Cincinnati
11 Ann Arbor
12 Chicago
13 Minneapolis
14 Lincoln
15 Kansas City
16 Jackson
17 Dallas
18 Phoenix
19 Denver
20 Portland
21 San Francisco
22 Long Beach
Special Program
Beds per 1000
Uniques