Table 3.

Multivariate Negative Binomial Regression Predicting Number of Visits (n = 140)

Predictors	Rate Ratio	95% Confidence Limits
Youth Clinical Characteristics at Intake
YSR – Total T-score	1.010*	1.001–1.019
VFI Total – Parent	1.001	0.995–1.007
Therapist Characteristicsb
Psychology Discipline	0.767	0.542–1.085
Psychiatry Discipline	0.717	0.511–1.008
Social Work Discipline	1.238	0.947–1.620
Treatment Entry Characteristics
Parent-youth agree on > 1 goal	1.512**	1.206–1.895

Note. Rate ratios represent the rate of visits for one unit increase in continuous predictors and between the two groups in dichotomous predictors. YSR = Youth Self-Report; VFI = Vanderbilt Functional Impairment Scale.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .001

^bMarital and Family Therapy was used as the reference group as it represented the largest group of clinicians.