Table 1.
Characteristics of 470 Adults with No Primary Medical Care in Inpatient Detoxification
| Characteristic | Percent |
|---|---|
| Male | 76 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 46 |
| Black | 37 |
| Hispanic | 11 |
| Other | 6 |
| U.S. born | 87 |
| English first language | 89 |
| Married | 8 |
| Unemployed (past six months) | 39 |
| Uninsured (past six months) | 60 |
| Homeless (>1 night in the past six months) | 47 |
| Incarceration (past five years) | 53 |
| Recent health care use* | 82 |
| Recent medical visit** | 26 |
| Friends or family support abstinence | 70 |
| Friends or family use drugs | 82 |
| Current smoker | 86 |
| Problem alcohol use*** | 86 |
| Problem heroin use*** | 38 |
| Problem cocaine use*** | 75 |
| Injection drug use (ever) | 36 |
| Chronic medical illness | 47 |
*
Addiction, mental health, episodic medical care, hospital, or emergency department visit in the past six months.
**
At least one visit to a medical clinic or physician, not primary care, in the past six months.
***
See methods for definition of problem use.