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Table 5 Odds of frequent ED visits. Notable results

From: Naloxone prescriptions among patients with a substance use disorder and a positive fentanyl urine drug screen presenting to the emergency department

Variable

OR

95% CI

p Value

Covariate(s)

aORa

95% CI

p Value

Medicaid

3.807

2.026–7.152

 < 0.001*

Patient race-Black; UDS cocaine POS

2.448

1.084–5.533

0.03*

Patient Race-Black

2.422

1.225–4.789

0.01*

Medicaid; UDS cocaine POS

2.561

0.890–7.367

0.08

Patient Race-White

0.457

0.231–0.904

0.02

    

Sex-Female

0.378

0.158–0.903

0.03*

    

UDS cocaine POS

4.478

1.999–10.032

< 0.001*

Patient race-Black; Medicaid

3.069

1.300–7.244

0.01*

UDS fentanyl POS

0.423

0.126–1.421

0.16

    

Multiple SUDs

1.164

0.617–2.195

0.64

    

Co-occurring Psych dx

1.068

0.530–2.149

0.85

    
  1. Frequent ED visits were defined as 12 visits over the 3-year period (average of 4 visits per year)
  2. aOdds ratio adjusted for selected covariates
  3. * statistically significant, p < 0.05
  4. Reference groups for each variable
  5. Medicaid—all other insurances; Patient Race-Black—all other races; Patient Race-White—all other races; Sex-Female—male; UDS cocaine POS—UDS cocaine negative; UDS fentanyl POS—UDS fentanyl negative; Multiple SUDs—only one SUD; Co-occurring psych dx—no psych dx
  6. ED emergency department, UDS urine drug screen, POS positive, psych psychiatric, dx diagnosis, Psych psychiatric
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