Table 2.
Estimated healthcare services disparities for non-intensive outpatient alcohol treatment episodes completion by race, ethnicity, and gender
| Unadjusted Treatment Completion |
Need-Adjusted Completion1 | Health Services Disparity3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate (%) | 95% Confidence Interval |
Rate (%) | 95% Confidence Interval2 |
Percentage Point Difference |
95% Confidence Interval2 |
|
| Gender model | ||||||
| Men | 59.49 | (59.33, 59.64) | referent | |||
| Women | 55.13 | (54.89, 55.36) | 55.12 | (55.10, 55.15) | −4.37 | (−4.38, −4.36) |
| Race & ethnicity model | ||||||
| White | 59.63 | (59.47, 59.79) | referent | |||
| Black | 52.93 | (52.63, 53.23) | 53.21 | (53.17, 53.25) | −6.42 | (−6.43, −6.41) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 58.79 | (58.44, 59.12) | 57.33 | (57.16, 57.50) | −2.30 | (−2.31, −2.29) |
| AIAN | 53.20 | (52.29, 54.10) | 53.27 | (53.18, 53.36) | −6.36 | (−6.39, −6.33) |
| AAPI | 64.58 | (63.34, 65.80) | 62.13 | (61.94, 62.31) | 2.50 | (2.46, 2.53) |
| Gender-by-race model | ||||||
| White men | 60.79 | (60.06, 60.98) | referent | |||
| Black men | 54.56 | (54.20, 54.91) | 54.90 | (54.83, 54.96) | −5.89 | (−5.90, −5.88) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 60.66 | (60.27, 61.05) | 59.02 | (58.98, 59.06) | −1.77 | (−1.78, −1.75) |
| AIAN men | 54.88 | (53.75, 56.01) | 54.80 | (54.71, 54.89) | −5.99 | (−6.02, −5.95) |
| AAPI men | 66.23 | (64.88, 67.59) | 63.60 | (63.51, 63.69) | 2.81 | (2.77, 2.86) |
| White women | 57.24 | (56.96, 57.52) | 57.14 | (57.09, 57.18) | −3.65 | (−3.66, −3.64) |
| Black women | 48.43 | (47.85, 49.02) | 48.44 | (48.43, 48.45) | −12.35 | (−12.37, −12.33) |
| Hispanic/Latina | 52.98 | (52.28, 53.68) | 51.70 | (51.63, 51.77) | −9.08 | (−9.11, −9.06) |
| AIAN women | 50.28 | (48.88, 51.78) | 50.52 | (50.39, 50.64) | −10.27 | (−10.32, −10.22) |
| AAPI women | 58.09 | (55.28, 60.89) | 55.92 | (55.80, 56.04) | −4.87 | (−4.95, −4.78) |
1
Need-adjusted completion rates were estimated by using regression coefficients to produce a counterfactual group that had the same need for treatment (other drug use reported at admission, age at first alcohol use, frequency of alcohol use in month prior to admission, and any prior substance use treatment) as the referent group.
2
Bias-adjusted confidence intervals were estimated using the bootstrap method.
3
The health services disparity is the difference between the unadjusted treatment rate for the referent group and the need-adjusted rate of the comparison group.