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Table 2 Sample characteristics at entry

From: Early exit: Estimating and explaining early exit from drug treatment

  

n

  

n

Mean age (standard deviation)

32.8 (8.7)

2,624

Mean days waiting: referral – start

23.6 (58.8)

2,169

Proportion male

68.2%

2,624

Proportion waited for triage

49.60%

2,624

Ethnicity

 

2,624

Modality entered

 

2,136

   White

81.8%

 

   Prescribing

37.8%

 

   Black

6.7%

 

   Structured counselling

33.5%

 

   Asian

4.5%

 

   Day programme

5.8%

 

   Mixed

3.4%

 

   Residential rehab

3.3%

 

   Other

2.6%

 

   Other

19.1%

 

Referral source

 

2,624

Primary drug at entry

 

2,624

   Self

48.7%

 

   Heroin

52.2%

 

   GP

8.6%

 

   Crack

12.9%

 

   Other drug service

7.2%

 

   Cannabis

11.8%

 

   Probation

5.9%

 

   Cocaine

8.9%

 

   Arrest referral/DIP

5.1%

 

   Methadone

3.0%

 

   CARAT/Prison

5.0%

 

   Amphetamine

2.9%

 

   DTTO/DRR

3.4%

 

   Anti-depressants

1.5%

 

   Psychiatry

2.3%

 

   Benzodiazepines

1.3%

 

   Others

13.8%

 

Primary drug is a stimulant

24.7%

 

   Referred through criminal justice system

19.2%

 

Is a current injector at entry

17.8%

2,624

Drug Action Team

 

2,624

No fixed abode at entry

10.1%

2,417

   Kent

54.1%

    

   Islington

28.2%

    

   Waltham Forest

17.6%

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