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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jan 17;131(0):127–135. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.12.008

Table 2.

Types and frequency of healthcare utilization at health center while receiving buprenorphine maintenance therapy (N=266)

Medical visits*
 Number of patients who had at least 1 medical visit, (%) 241 (90.6)
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for those who had at least 1 medical visit, (range) 1.7 (0.07 to 6.9)
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for the total cohort, (range) 1.6 (0.0 to 6.9)
Behavioral Health visits*
 Number of patients who had at least 1 behavioral health visit, (%) 150 (56.3)
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for those who had at least 1 behavioral health visit, (range) 1.6 (0.05 to 8.0)
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for the total cohort, (range) 0.9 (0.0 to 8.0)
Substance Abuse Counseling visits*
 Number of patients who had at least 1 substance abuse counseling visit, (%) 141 (53.0)
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for those who had at least 1 substance abuse counseling visit, (range) 1.2 (0.05 to 4.3)
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for the total cohort, (range) 0.6 (0.0 to 4.3)
All visits*
 Mean number of visits per month of BMT for the total cohort, (range) 3.1 (0.5 to 8.3)
*

If individuals stayed in treatment for less than a month, the total number of visits was set to one month

BMT: buprenorphine maintenance therapy