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. 2024 Jul 14;12:100255. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100255

Table 3.

Association between county-level social spatial polarization and restricted buprenorphine dispensing in U.S. community pharmacies.


Chain Pharmacy (N=418)
Independent Pharmacy (N=440)
Overall (N=858)
Unadjusted OR [95 % CI] Adjusted OR [95 % CI] Unadjusted OR [95 % CI] Adjusted OR [95 % CI] Unadjusted OR [95 % CI] Adjusted OR [95 % CI]
Race ICEa
 Quintile 5 1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
 Quintile 4 0.60
[0.26 – 1.35]
0.56
[0.23 – 1.29]
0.81
[0.42 – 1.55]
0.87
[0.44 – 1.70]
0.74
[0.44 – 1.25]
0.75
[0.43 – 1.29]
 Quintile 3 0.61
[0.27 – 1.35]
0.58
[0.24 – 1.37]
0.64
[0.32 – 1.26]
0.70
[0.33 – 1.47]
0.63
[0.37 – 1.08]
0.66
[0.37 – 1.17]
 Quintile 2 0.74
[0.34 – 1.61]
0.66
[0.28 – 1.56]
0.79
[0.41 – 1.52]
0.85
[0.41 – 1.76]
0.77
[0.46 – 1.29]
0.78
[0.43 – 1.40]
 Quintile 1 0.67
[0.30 – 1.47]
0.49
[0.20 – 1.16]
0.78
[0.40 – 1.51]
0.71
[0.34 – 1.48]
0.73
[0.44 – 1.22]
0.61
[0.34 – 1.12]
Ethnicity ICE
 Quintile 5 1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
 Quintile 4 0.63
[0.28, 1.38]
0.55
[0.24, 1.23]
0.49*
[0.25, 0.96]
0.49*
[0.24, 0.99]
0.55*
[0.32, 0.95]
0.52*
[0.30, 0.92]
 Quintile 3 0.46
[0.19, 1.05]
0.41*
[0.16, 0.98]
0.84
[0.44, 1.58]
0.90
[0.45, 1.78]
0.67
[0.40, 1.12]
0.67
[0.40, 1.15]
 Quintile 2 0.72
[0.33, 1.53]
0.61
[0.27, 1.39]
0.52
[0.26, 1.02]
0.51
[0.24, 1.05]
0.60*
[0.37, 0.99]
0.56*
[0.32, 0.97]
 Quintile 1 0.50
[0.22, 1.11]
0.43
[0.17, 1.05]
0.70
[0.36, 1.33]
0.73
[0.34, 1.52]
0.61
[0.37, 1.03]
0.59
[0.32, 1.09]
Income ICE
 Quintile 5 1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
 Quintile 4 0.72
[0.30 – 1.70]
0.75
[0.31 – 1.80]
2.23*
[1.02 – 5.13]
1.90
[0.85 – 4.43]
1.33
[0.74 – 2.38]
1.23
[0.69 – 2.23]
 Quintile 3 0.44
[0.16 – 1.13]
0.49
[0.17 – 1.30]
3.04**
[1.42 – 6.89]
2.48*
[1.12 – 5.80]
1.40
[0.80 – 2.44]
1.29
[0.72 – 2.34]
 Quintile 2 0.97
[0.42 –2.22]
1.13
[0.46 – 2.76]
2.76*
[1.30 – 6.23]
2.16
[0.96 – 5.07]
1.73
[0.96 – 3.09]
1.57
[0.85 – 2.85]
 Quintile 1 1.98
[0.95 – 4.28]
2.15
[0.90 – 5.29]
3.57**
[1.70 – 7.97]
2.47*
[1.09 – 5.89]
2.67***
[1.56 – 4.58]
2.18*
[1.17 – 4.01]
Race x Income ICE
 Quintile 5 1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
 Quintile 4 1.47
[0.59 – 3.79]
1.45
[0.55 – 3.88]
1.90
[0.86 – 4.40]
1.55
[0.68 – 3.65]
1.71
[0.91 – 3.19]
1.51
[0.81 – 2.82]
 Quintile 3 1.37
[0.55 – 3.53]
1.39
[0.53 – 3.74]
3.45**
[1.62 – 7.79]
2.83*
[1.27 – 6.60]
2.34**
[1.29 – 4.22]
2.11*
[1.17 – 3.98]
 Quintile 2 3.45**
[1.53 – 8.40]
4.05**
[1.62 – 10.84]
3.68***
[1.76 – 8.21]
2.67*
[1.20 – 6.25]
3.60***
[2.05 – 6.30]
3.09***
[1.70 – 5.59]
 Quintile 1 1.45
[0.58 – 3.74]
1.16
[0.42 – 3.34]
2.70*
[1.36 – 6.11]
1.68
[0.73 – 4.05]
2.10*
[1.15 – 3.83]
1.45
[0.74 – 2.82]
Ethnicity x Income ICE
 Quintile 5 1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
1.00
(reference)
 Quintile 4 1.93
[0.82, 4.82]
1.96
[0.81, 5.00]
2.82*
[1.28, 6.62]
2.38*
[1.06, 5.67]
2.36**
[1.30, 4.30]
2.18*
[1.20, 3.97]
 Quintile 3 1.24
[0.49, 3.24]
1.27
[0.48, 3.45]
3.67**
[1.70, 8.50]
3.01*
[1.33, 7.21]
2.35**
[1.28, 4.30]
2.13*
[1.14, 4.00]
 Quintile 2 1.82
[0.75, 4.63]
2.02
[0.79, 5.38]
2.64*
[1.21, 6.16]
2.04
[0.90, 4.91]
2.27**
[1.24, 4.15]
2.01*
[1.08, 3.75]
 Quintile 1 2.38
[1.02, 5.88]
2.65
[1.01, 7.28]
3.80***
[1.77, 8.75]
2.76*
[1.19, 6.79]
3.10***
[1.72, 5.57]
2.66**
[1.38, 5.16]
a

Quintile 5 represents the most privileged and quintile 1 represents the most deprived.

denotes P<0.05

⁎⁎

denotes P<0.01, and

⁎⁎⁎

denotes P<0.001