Do medical house officers value the health of veterans differently from the health of non-veterans?

Table 2 Health Values for the Congestive Heart Failure Health State Based on the Patient's Veteran Status

Health Value Scale	For Veteran*	For Non-veteran*	All Respondents
RS
Mean (SD)	0.59 (0.16)	0.62 (0.13)	0.60 (0.14)
Median (25^th, 75^th percentile)	0.60 (0.50, 0.70)	0.65 (0.60, 0.70)	0.60 (0.50, 0.70)
Range	0.25–0.80	0.30–0.85	0.25–0.85
TTO
Mean (SD)	0.81 (0.19)	0.79 (0.21)	0.80 (0.20)
Median (25^th, 75^th percentile)	0.83 (0.75, 0.99)	0.80 (0.73, 0.95)	0.80 (0.73, 0.96)
Range	0.20–1.00	0.02–1.00	0.02–1.00
SG
Mean (SD)	0.93 (0.07)	0.90 (0.12)	0.91 (0.10)
Median (25^th, 75^th percentile)	0.94 (0.89, 0.96)	0.94 (0.88, 0.97)	0.94 (0.88, 0.96)
Range	0.68–0.99	0.45–0.99	0.45–0.99
WTP
Mean (SD)†, $	-	16,142 (18,082)	-
Median (25^th, 75^th percentile), $	10,000 (7600, 20,000)	10,000 (7000, 20,000)	10,000 (7600, 20,000)
Range, $	1000–∞	1000–100,000	1000–∞

RS – rating scale (normalized to a 0.0–1.0 scale); TTO – time tradeoff; SG – standard gamble; WTP – willingness to pay. * All comparisons of values for the veteran and the non-veteran were not significantly different at the p < 0.05 level. † The mean WTP for the veteran group was not calculable due to 2 "unlimited" amount responses.

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