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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Drug Issues. 2022 Aug 2;53(2):296–320. doi: 10.1177/00220426221109948

Table A1.

Additional Measures for Court-level variables.

Variable Name Coding Scheme
Court type
 Other (i.e., non-substance use) court Coded as 0 = No if court was a Veteran’s Treatment,
Reentry, Family Dependency, and Mental Health only
 Substance use Court Coded as 0 = Yes if court was a Drug, DUI/DWI, and Mental
Health Court in Combination with Drug Court
Staff characteristics
 Participant to staff ratio Total number of participants per court/Total number of staff per court
 Participants to judge ratio Total number of participants per court/Judges per court
 Number of courts overseen at one time 0 = No response; 1 = one type of court; 2 = two types of court; 3 = three types of court; 4 = four or more types of court
 Coordinators’ work 1 = 3 years or less; 2 = 4 or more years
 Experience
Factors that affect Court Participation
 Exclusionary 0 = None selected; 1 = Uses pain meds; 2 = Prior violent felony conviction; 3 Other only; 4 = Other + prior violent felony conviction; 5 = Other combinations
 Eligibility criteria
 Number of exclusionary eligibility 0 = No response; 1 = one eligibility criteria selected; 2 = two eligibility criteria selected; 3 = three eligibility criteria selected; 4 = four eligibility criteria selected; 5 = five eligibility criteria selected; 6 = six eligibility criteria selected; 7 = seven eligibility criteria selected
 Number (count) and type of treatment options allowed for substance use Coded for distinct types of treatment offerings and various combinations of them based on the following options: MAT, 12-step, individual counseling, group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), mindfulness stress reduction (MSR), and mindfulness relapse prevention (MRP) (range: 0 (None selected) to 10 (other combinations of available options)
 Number (count) and type of treatment options allowed for mental health Coded for distinct types of treatment offerings and various combinations of them based on the following options: Group therapy, individual counseling, motivational interviewing (MI), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT), mindfulness stress reduction (MSR) (range: 0 (None selected) to 10 (Other combinations of available options)
 Available form/s of MAT service Coded for distinct types of MAT offerings and various combinations of them based on the following options: Naltrexone/Vivitrol, buprenorphine/Naloxone, buprenorphine pills, acamprosate, methadone, disulfiram/Antabuse, buprenorphine injection, and buprenorphine implant (range: 0 (None selected to 12 (Other combinations of available options)