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Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Addctn J. 2024 Jan 9;45(3):378–389. doi: 10.1177/29767342231221054

Table 2:

Participant characteristics during 12 months before index emergency department presentation (N = 243)

	Intervention (n = 157)	Control (n = 86)
	N (%)	N (%)	Test statistics	p-value

Overdose-related ED presentation	18 (11.5%)	9 (10.5%)	0.06	0.81
All-cause ED presentation	99 (63.1%)	52 (60.5%)	0.16	0.69
All-cause inpatient hospital admission	44 (28.0%)	23 (26.7%)	0.05	0.83
MOUD linkage	48 (30.6%)	17 (19.8%)	3.31	0.07
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR))
Duration of MOUD engagement (days)^*	41.5 (17.0,184.5)	44.0 (26.0, 139.0)	−0.18	0.69

Note: Test statistics and p-values are based on Pearson chi-square test for binary variables and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables.

For participants with MOUD engagement only.