Cognitive and Functional Impairment Among Enrolled and NonEnrolled Veterans: The 2004 National Long

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Cognitive and Functional Impairment Among
Enrolled and Non-Enrolled Veterans The 2004
National Long Term Care Survey
Bruce Kinosian(1,2) E. Stallard (3) K. Manton
(3) (1) CHERP, Philadelphia VA Medical Center,
Philadelphia, PA, (2) Division of General
Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, PA
(3) Duke University, Durham, NC

• EnVet / 1999 EnVet
• 3.2/3.4 2.4/2.5 3/2.6 3.2/3.1

• New enrollees between 1999 and 2004, age 85 were
  more disabled than previously enrolled veterans

New 2004/Old 2004 Enrolled () 63/65 16/13
7.2/7.9 7.9/6.3 6.1/7.6
Survey Sample

• 8,041/20,474 respondents were male (39)
• 4,294/8,041 males were self-reported veterans or
  matched to a VA enrollment file (53)
• 1,575/4,294 male veterans were enrolled (37)
  49/89 female veterans were enrolled (35)
• Weighted veteran population 9,725,045
• Weighted enrolled population 3,261,726

• There is substantial regional variation in the
  concentration of NH use and cognitive impairment
  among enrolled veterans.

Work funded by VA HSRD and ADUSH Office of
Policy and Planning