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Table 3 Contact with health care services during the year prior to death. Percentages

From: Investigating opioid-related fatalities in southern Sweden: contact with care-providing authorities and comparison of substances

 

Methadone (n = 82) (reference)

Buprenorphine (n = 30)

Heroin (n = 40

Fentanyl (n = 28)

Total (n = 180)

Health care contact

73.2

73.3

77.5

78.6

75.0

Inpatient health care

54.9

40.0

50.0

53.6

51.1

Physical health care

52.4

53.3

57.5

69.7

56.1

Inpatient physical health care

36.6

33.3

30.0

46.4

36.1

Psychiatric/addiction health care

39.0

50.0

50.0

46.4

44.4

Inpatient psychiatric/addiction health care

32.9

23.3

35.0

32.1

31.7

Opioid substitution treatment

32.9

16.7

17.5

10.7*

23.3

Previous intoxication

26.8

40.0

35.0

35.7

32.2

Attempted suicideb

11.0

20.0

10.0

0.0

10.6

  1. Methadone is the reference value for x2 comparisons between the substances.
  2. *p value of < 0.05
  3. bFisher’s exact test used for this variable