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. 2014 May 10;29(9):1226–1233. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2877-y

Table 2.

Association Between Self-Reported Past Year Criminal Justice Involvement and Hospital and Emergency Department Utilization, NSDUH 2008–2011 (N = 154,356)

Past Year Hospitalization Past Year ED Utilization
Unadjusted Rate, % (95 % CI) Adjusted Odds Ratio, OR (95 % CI)* Unadjusted Rate, % (95 % CI) Adjusted Odds Ratio, OR (95 % CI)†
Parole/Probation (N = 6,212) 12.3 (11.0–13.6) 1.21 (1.02–1.44) 39.3 (37.1–41.4) 1.26 (1.08–1.47)
Arrest Only (N = 4,586) 14.3 (12.1–16.5) 1.35 (1.12–1.63) 47.2 (44.2–50.2) 1.81 (1.53–2.15)
No Criminal Justice Involvement (N = 143,558) 10.5 (10.2–10.8) 1 [Reference] 26.9 (26.5–27.3) 1 [Reference]

Both models adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, insurance, family income, employment, marital status, rural location, self-rated health, past year serious psychological distress, past year diagnoses (medical, communicable & psychiatric), past year substance abuse or dependence (alcohol, prescription drug, marijuana, other illicit drug) and past month nicotine dependence

NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health; ED Emergency Department; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval

*Model included interaction terms for age and past year serious psychological distress

†Model included interaction terms for age and race/ethnicity