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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Association of hospital-based substance use supports on emergency department revisits: a retrospective cohort study in Sudbury, Canada from 2018 to 2022

Variable

Overall

ED visit (reference)

AMCS (ED)

AMCS (hospitalization)

Admit no service

AMU

p

Panel A: for all index events

n

10,871

4,929

303

716

4,313

610

 

Follow-Up Time (mean (SD))

39.56 (16.01)

36.78 (14.62)

35.31 (11.61)

46.20 (15.13)

41.81 (17.65)

40.46 (12.01)

< 0.01

Age (mean (SD))

7091 (65.2)

3227 (65.5)

180 (59.4)

472 (65.9)

2806 (65.1)

406 (66.6)

0.254

Sex = Male (%)

1873 (17.2)

825 (16.7)

51 (16.8)

123 (17.2)

739 (17.1)

135 (22.1)

0.025

Homeless (%)

2057 (18.9)

499 (10.1)

194 (64.0)

13 (1.8)

1333 (30.9)

18 (3.0)

< 0.01

Mental Health Diagnosis (ED) (%)

2057 (18.9)

499 (10.1)

194 (64.0)

13 (1.8)

1333 (30.9)

18 (3.0)

< 0.01

Mental Health Diagnosis (Inpatient) (%)

1164 (10.7)

8 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

173 (24.2)

766 (17.8)

217 (35.6)

< 0.01

Opioid-related Diagnosis (ED) (mean (SD))

1.64 (1.08)

1.66 (1.11)

1.74 (1.36)

1.80 (1.20)

1.60 (1.01)

1.52 (0.96)

0.409

Opioid-related Diagnosis (Inpatient) (mean (SD))

3.77 (3.22)

3.83 (3.26)

4.39 (3.49)

3.80 (3.04)

3.67 (3.05)

3.58 (3.75)

0.764

Alcohol-related Diagnosis (ED) (mean (SD))

1.52 (1.08)

1.52 (1.14)

1.65 (1.40)

1.66 (1.16)

1.47 (0.98)

1.55 (1.08)

0.064

Alcohol-related Diagnosis (Inpatient) (mean (SD))

3.51 (2.83)

3.53 (2.87)

3.33 (2.78)

3.82 (3.11)

3.47 (2.72)

3.32 (2.98)

0.615

Panel B: for each patient (first index event)

n

5,367

2,340

86

314

2,497

130

 

Follow-Up Time (mean (SD))

826.67 (509.69)

834.26 (533.10)

392.15 (329.67)

570.60 (287.56)

895.86 (490.71)

267.11 (164.46)

< 0.01

Age (mean (SD))

39.70 (17.54)

34.59 (15.05)

34.42 (12.36)

48.24 (15.83)

43.48 (18.77)

41.83 (14.42)

< 0.01

Sex = Male (%)

3359 (62.6)

1450 (62.0)

47 (54.7)

200 (63.7)

1580 (63.3)

82 (63.1)

0.49

Homeless (%)

890 (16.6)

372 (15.9)

11 (12.8)

52 (16.6)

425 (17.0)

30 (23.1)

0.19

Mental Health Diagnosis (ED) (%)

1052 (19.6)

275 (11.8)

61 (70.9)

4 (1.3)

705 (28.2)

7 (5.4)

< 0.01

Mental Health Diagnosis (Inpatient) (%)

594 (11.1)

4 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

77 (24.5)

472 (18.9)

41 (31.5)

< 0.01

Opioid-related Diagnosis (ED) (mean (SD))

1.61 (1.06)

1.59 (1.13)

2.00 (1.88)

1.97 (1.15)

1.56 (0.92)

1.39 (0.92)

0.12

Opioid-related Diagnosis (Inpatient) (mean (SD))

3.94 (3.23)

4.16 (3.21)

4.00 (2.24)

3.47 (3.44)

3.78 (3.21)

4.00 (3.80)

0.72

Alcohol-related Diagnosis (ED) (mean (SD))

1.50 (1.06)

1.51 (1.14)

1.83 (1.83)

1.58 (0.89)

1.46 (0.96)

1.66 (1.13)

0.27

Alcohol-related Diagnosis (Inpatient) (mean (SD))

3.54 (2.85)

3.54 (2.86)

2.75 (2.34)

3.95 (3.58)

3.52 (2.76)

3.17 (2.59)

0.58

Panel C: for outcome events

n

2,127

1,303

97

82

507

138

 

Follow-Up Time (mean (SD))

9.21 (8.61)

7.98 (8.47)

11.10 (8.71)

10.01 (7.60)

11.49 (8.64)

10.69 (8.21)

< 0.01

Age (mean (SD))

39.38 (13.54)

40.14 (13.94)

43.10 (13.17)

35.80 (10.29)

37.03 (13.24)

40.40 (11.05)

< 0.01

Sex = Male (%)

1537 (72.3)

954 (73.2)

72 (74.2)

49 (59.8)

366 (72.2)

96 (69.6)

0.10

Homeless (%)

352 (16.5)

209 (16.0)

18 (18.6)

11 (13.4)

85 (16.8)

29 (21.0)

0.53

Mental Health Diagnosis (ED) (%)

318 (15.0)

82 (6.3)

2 (2.1)

46 (56.1)

184 (36.3)

4 (2.9)

< 0.01

Mental Health Diagnosis (Inpatient) (%)

143 (6.7)

1 (0.1)

24 (24.7)

0 (0.0)

69 (13.6)

49 (35.5)

< 0.01

Opioid-related Diagnosis (ED) (mean (SD))

1.71 (1.16)

1.82 (1.24)

1.88 (1.13)

1.12 (0.35)

1.51 (0.92)

1.79 (1.40)

0.28

Opioid-related Diagnosis (Inpatient) (mean (SD))

3.67 (3.23)

3.55 (2.81)

5.00 (3.44)

5.12 (4.52)

3.34 (2.74)

3.50 (5.35)

0.38

Alcohol-related Diagnosis (ED) (mean (SD))

1.50 (1.10)

1.52 (1.20)

1.65 (0.92)

1.38 (1.02)

1.40 (0.88)

1.60 (1.05)

0.53

Alcohol-related Diagnosis (Inpatient) (mean (SD))

3.56 (2.96)

3.50 (2.92)

5.10 (3.05)

3.67 (3.72)

3.32 (2.26)

3.58 (4.14)

0.17

  1. SD standard deviation, ED emergency department, AMCS (hospitalization) Addiction medicine consult service during hospital admission, AMU Addiction medicine unit