Early exit: Estimating and explaining early exit from drug treatment

Table 3 Bivariate associations with early exit

	n	Exit1 (before start)	Exit2 (within 30 days treatment)	Exit3 (any early exit)
Sex		**	n/s	**
Male	1,789	18.3%	9.8%	26.3%
Female	835	13.4%	8.4%	20.7%
Ethnicity		**	n/s	**
White	1,945	17.9%	9.9%	26.2%
Other	679	13.3%	6.9%	19.7%
Referral source		**	n/s	**
CJS	507	24.1%	7.5%	29.7%
Other	2,117	15.0%	9.7%	23.7%
Primary drug		*	n/s	**
Stimulant	657	19.9%	11.2%	29.8%
Other	1,967	15.7%	8.7%	23.2%
Injecting status		**	n/s	**
Current injector	466	9.4%	6.9%	15.7%
Not current injector	2,158	18.3%	9.9%	26.4%
Housing status		**	n/s	**
Is NFA	265	26.0%	12.2%	35.1%
Not NFA	2,143	14.8%	9.2%	22.7%
Wait for triage		n/s	n/s	**
Any	1,302	18.2%	10.6%	26.8%
None	1,322	15.3%	8.1%	22.2%
Wait for treatment			n/s	n/s
Long	1,106	-	9.5%	9.5%
Short	1,028	-	9.6%	9.6%
Type of service			**	**
Prescribing	806	-	6.7%	6.0%
Other	1,329	-	11.7%	11.7%

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