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veterans affairs va health system criticized inefficient based comparisons va care nonva care whether comparisons biased differences va patient population nonva patient population known objective determine va patients different nonva patients terms health status medical resource usewe analyzed 128099 records national health interview survey years 1993 1994 compared va patient population general patient population self report health status number medical conditions number outpatient physician visits number hospital admissions number hospital days yearthe va patient population poorer health status odds ratio 147 95 confidence interval ci 107202 medical conditions 14 95 ci 105187 higher medical resource use compared general patient population 37 3 physician visits per year 54 3 hospital admissions per year 77 21 days spent hospital per year however controlling health sociodemographic differences va patients similar resource use compared general patient populationlarge differences sociodemographic status health status subsequent resource use exist va general patient population therefore comparisons va care nonva care need take differences account furthermore health care planning resource allocation within va based data extrapolated nonva patient populations arch intern med 200016032523257