Table 4.
Contacts with the Treatment System at 90 Days Post-enrollment as Recorded in the Massachusetts State Treatment Database
| Black | Hispanic | White | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TREATMENT FACILITY | Total n | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Detox* | 335 | 155 | 21.4 | 118 | 43.4 | 62 | 37.4 | White – Black
RR=2.93, p=.001, 95%CI 2.45, 3.52 White – Hispanic NS Hispanic – Black RR=2.65, p=.001, 95%CI 2.23, 3.16 |
| Outpatient* | 101 | 52 | 7.2 | 29 | 10.7 | 20 | 12.1 | White – Black
RR=1.68, p=.037, 95%CI 1.03, 2.74 White – Hispanic NS Black – Hispanic NS |
| Residential* | 45 | 19 | 2.6 | 13 | 4.8 | 13 | 7.8 | White – Black
RR=2.99, p<.001, 95%CI 1.51, 5.93 White – Hispanic NS Black – Hispanic NS |
| Methodone* | 50 | 18 | 2.5 | 18 | 6.6 | 14 | 8.4 | White – Black
RR=3.4, p=.0002, 95%CI 1.73, 6.69 White – Hispanic NS Hispanic – Black RR=2.67, p=.002, 95%CI 1.41, 5.05 |
| Among users of cocaine only: | ||||||||
| Detox | 52 | 47 | 16.7 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 14.3 | NS |
| Among users of cocaine + alcohol or heroin: | ||||||||
| Detox* | 272 | 99 | 25.9 | 116 | 48.3 | 57 | 41.6 | Hispanic – Black
RR=1.87, p<.001, 95%CI 1.51, 2.32 White – Black RR=1.61, p<.001, 95%CI 1.24, 2.09 |