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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Sep 7;121(1-2):10–17. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.07.026

Table 3.

Cox Regression to predict quicker time from first quarter in need to treatment re-entry

Odds Ratio (OR)\a
Bivariate Multivariate

95% CI
95% CI
Predictor Frequency OR Lower Upper OR Lower Upper
Female (vs. Male) 176 1.06 0.82 1.37 1.00 0.75 1.32
Age:    18–38 192 1.00 1.00
39+ 201 1.18 0.91 1.53 0.86 0.58 1.28
Criminal Justice Sys. Involvement 152 1.04 0.80 1.35 1.20 0.88 1.64
Prime Severity Drug: Alcohol 73 1.39 0.73 2.67 0.78 0.36 1.68
    Cocaine 201 1.76 0.97 3.19 0.92 0.43 2.00
    Opiate 89 2.12 1.14 3.95 1.14 0.51 2.53
    Other\b 30 1.00 1.00
Substance Frequency Scale 393 1.10 0.97 1.25 0.97 0.83 1.14
Substance Problem Scale 393 1.19 1.04 1.36 1.13 0.92 1.38
Internal Mental Distress Scale 393 1.11 0.98 1.26 1.08 0.89 1.33
Behavior Complexity Scale 393 1.11 0.98 1.26 0.99 0.82 1.20
Crime/Violence Scale 393 1.09 0.96 1.23 1.09 0.93 1.27
First used: under age 15 144 1.20 0.78 1.84 1.12 0.60 2.09
15 to 20 196 1.16 0.76 1.76 1.21 0.70 2.11
21+ 52 1.00 1.00
First treatment: 36+ 159 1.19 0.82 1.74 1.23 0.51 2.94
25–35 144 1.07 0.73 1.58 0.88 0.49 1.56
 under age 25 62 1.00 1.00
Time to 1st Tx: less than 10 years 105 0.55 0.39 0.78 1.11 0.51 2.83
10–19 years 125 0.91 0.68 1.22 1.05 0.61 1.79
20+ years 163 1.00 1.00
RMC after: 15 + years since 1st 35 1.08 0.66 1.78 0.88 0.42 1.82
1–14 years since 1st 177 1.61 1.22 2.11 1.26 0.85 1.85
1st treatment episode 181 1.00 1.00
Prior Treatment: 3+ prior episodes 108 1.71 1.24 2.36 1.44 0.91 2.29
1 to 2 prior episodes 137 1.32 0.97 1.82 1.20 0.81 1.79
None 148 1.00 1.00
Initial Residential Tx (vs. OP) 319 1.39 0.98 1.98 0.79 0.49 1.26
Initial Length of Stay in Weeks 379 1.01 1.00 1.02 1.00 0.98 1.01
Satisfaction with Initial Treatment 382 1.02 0.89 1.17 0.93 0.80 1.08

RMC (vs. Control) 198 2.05 1.57 2.67 2.47 1.84 3.32
\a

Where above 1 is sooner and below 1 is later; Continuous Variables are transformed to z-scores (i.e., OR per standard deviation), length of stay in weeks.

\b

Other drug consists of 24 with marijuana, 3 with amphetamines and 3 with other psychotropic drugs.

Bold indicates p<.05