TABLE 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership Program: Chicago, IL, October 2003–May 2006
| All Randomized Participants |
Participants Analyzed |
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| Intervention (n = 54) | Usual Care (n = 51) | Intervention (n = 47) | Usual Care (n = 47) | |
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 45 (6.9) | 43 (7.7) | 45 (7.2) | 44 (7.7) |
| Female, no. (%) | 15 (28) | 8 (16) | 13 (28) | 7 (15) |
| Veterans, no. (%) | 3 (6) | 5 (10) | 2 (4) | 5 (11) |
| Marital status, no. (%) | ||||
| Never married | 36 (67) | 33 (65) | 32 (68) | 30 (64) |
| Divorced or separated | 14 (26) | 11 (21) | 11 (23) | 10 (21) |
| Married | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) |
| Widow | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) |
| Other | … | 2 (4) | … | 2 (4) |
| No response | … | 1 (2) | … | 1 (2) |
| Education, no. (%) | ||||
| Eighth grade or less | 7 (13) | 7 (14) | 6 (13) | 5 (11) |
| Some high school | 25 (46) | 14 (28) | 20 (43) | 14 (30) |
| Completed high school | 14 (26) | 19 (37) | 13 (28) | 17 (37) |
| Beyond high school | 8 (15) | 11 (22) | 8 (17) | 11 (23) |
| Race, no. (%) | ||||
| African American | 49 (91) | 44 (86) | 43 (91) | 40 (85) |
| Latino | 1 (2) | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | 3 (6) |
| White | 2 (4) | 1 (2) | 2 (4) | 1 (2) |
| Other | 2 (4) | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | 3 (6) |
| Residence 30 days before hospitalization, no. daysa | ||||
| With family | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| Street | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Shelter | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hospital | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Jail or prison | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | … | 3 | … |
| Lifetime substance use | ||||
| Alcohol to intoxication | ||||
| Mean | 15 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| 25th percentile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median | 16 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| 75th percentile | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| Heroin | ||||
| Mean | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.4 |
| 25th percentile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 75th percentile | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
| Cocaine | ||||
| Mean | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| 25th percentile | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Median | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| 75th percentile | 22 | 17 | 23 | 17 |
Note. There were no statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics between the randomized or analyzed groups. We assessed lifetime substance use with the Addiction Severity Index.22 Ellipses indicate the branch point when patients were randomly allocated into the 2 groups.
a
Total days do not equal 30 in some groups because of rounding.