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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Oct 26;75(4):363–368. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220585

TABLE 2. Likelihood of having a mental health visit during the study and annualized rates of mental health visits.

Characteristic Likelihood of having a mental health visita
Annualized rate of mental health visitsb
OR 95% CI Rate ratio 95% CI
Language preference and ethnicity (reference: non-Hispanic White)
 English-preferring Hispanic .69 .61–.77 .88 .77–1.01
 Spanish-preferring Hispanic .65 .54–.78 .59 .46–.76
Sex (reference: female)
 Male .94 .88–.99 1.20 1.10–1.31
Insurance (reference: no insurance)
 Private .58 .46–.74 1.29 1.06–1.58
 Private and public .93 .73–1.19 1.22 .99–1.50
 Public .88 .70–1.10 1.36 1.11–1.66
N of primary care visits per year (reference: 1–3 visits per year)
 <1 .52 .45–.59 .29 .25–.35
 >3–5 1.68 1.59–1.78 1.95 1.88–2.03
 >5 2.96 2.61–3.36 10.60 9.27–12.2
Federal poverty level (reference: ≤138%)
 >138% .90 .82–.99 .86 .79–.93
 Missing .80 .66–.98 .80 .66–.97
PHQ-9 score (reference: 0)
 Not recorded .70 .59–.83 1.18 .98–1.41
 <9c 2.32 2.07–2.60 1.18 1.08–1.30
 ≥9d 4.26 3.73–4.86 1.23 1.09–1.39
Substance use disorder history 1.76 1.67–1.86 1.15 1.09–1.22
Buprenorphine prescription 1.34 1.07–1.67 1.26 .93–1.70
Smoking status (reference: current smoker)
 Unknown .57 .45–.71 2.63 2.18–3.18
 Former .96 .91–1.01 .98 .92–1.05
 Never .84 .80–.89 .95 .89–1.00
 Secondhand .94 .78–1.13 .80 .65–.98
Modified Elixhauser Comorbidity Index conditions (reference: 0)
 1 1.02 .97–1.06 .83 .79–.87
 2 1.03 .97–1.11 .72 .68–.77
 >2 .97 .88–1.08 .61 .52–.70
Age at first encounter .98 .98–.99 1.00 1.00–1.00
a

Estimated with logistic regression.

b

Estimated with Poisson regression.

c

Indicating no or mild depression.

d

Indicating moderate to severe depression.