Table 1.

Service utilization and all covariates before and after PS weighting between risky drinkers (N=2,254) and non-risky drinkers (N=10,111), excluding those with AUD

	Before PS weighting				After PS weighting
	Risky Drinking	Non-risky Drinking	P	Standardized difference	Risky Drinking	Non-risky Drinking	P	Standardized difference
Sex: Male	0.54	0.44	<0.001	0.195	0.54	0.54	0.831	0.007
Ethnicity: White	0.80	0.67	<0.001	0.290	0.80	0.79	0.957	0.002
Black	0.05	0.13	<0.001	0.270	0.05	0.05	0.843	0.005
Hispanics	0.10	0.13	0.001	0.089	0.10	0.10	0.932	0.002
Others	0.05	0.07	0.016	0.092	0.05	0.05	0.974	0.001
Age: 18-29	0.24	0.16	<0.001	0.202	0.24	0.23	0.861	0.007
30-49	0.48	0.36	<0.001	0.243	0.48	0.48	0.868	0.006
>50	0.27	0.46	<0.001	0.391	0.27	0.27	0.850	0.006
Education: < HS grad	0.08	0.14	<0.001	0.201	0.08	0.08	0.756	0.011
HS grad	0.22	0.31	<0.001	0.204	0.22	0.22	0.863	0.006
Some college	0.30	0.26	0.003	0.100	0.30	0.30	0.981	0.001
College grad	0.39	0.28	<0.001	0.227	0.39	0.39	0.931	0.003
Employment: Full time	0.61	0.43	<0.001	0.358	0.61	0.61	0.919	0.004
Part time	0.11	0.12	0.579	0.019	0.11	0.11	0.872	0.006
Retired	0.08	0.20	<0.001	0.337	0.08	0.08	0.946	0.002
Other employ status	0.20	0.25	<0.001	0.135	0.20	0.20	0.935	0.003
Marital: Married/cohabit	0.68	0.63	0.001	0.104	0.68	0.68	0.701	0.014
Separate/divorce/widow	0.10	0.16	<0.001	0.170	0.10	0.10	0.829	0.006
Never married	0.18	0.15	0.056	0.069	0.18	0.18	0.844	0.008
Family income: <$20k	0.13	0.22	<0.001	0.236	0.13	0.13	0.942	0.002
$20-40k	0.17	0.20	0.004	0.088	0.17	0.17	0.916	0.003
$40-70k	0.29	0.25	0.002	0.098	0.29	0.29	0.814	0.008
>$70k	0.31	0.18	<0.001	0.322	0.31	0.31	0.998	0.000
Missing	0.10	0.16	<0.001	0.170	0.10	0.10	0.879	0.005
Urbanicity: Urban	0.82	0.78	0.002	0.095	0.82	0.82	0.871	0.005
Health insurance: None	0.11	0.14	0.001	0.099	0.11	0.11	0.998	0.000
Private	0.74	0.56	<0.001	0.384	0.74	0.73	0.653	0.015
Public	0.10	0.19	<0.001	0.260	0.10	0.10	0.946	0.002
Both private and public	0.04	0.08	<0.001	0.185	0.04	0.04	0.780	0.007
Body Mass Index (log)1	3.27	3.29	0.003	0.096	3.27	3.27	0.825	0.001
Ever hypertension	0.21	0.32	<0.001	0.264	0.21	0.21	0.985	0.000
Ever heart problem	0.07	0.13	<0.001	0.207	0.07	0.07	0.848	0.006
Ever diabetes	0.05	0.12	<0.001	0.247	0.05	0.05	0.885	0.005
ER visit: Any visit last year	11.56%	12.57%	0.364		11.56%	11.02%	0.644
# of visits (log) 1	0.10	0.12	0.033		0.10	0.10	0.618
Primary care: Any last year	34.08%	32.00%	0.172		34.08%	33.15%	0.582
# of visits (log) 1	0.44	0.46	0.395		0.44	0.44	0.998
Hospitalization: Any last year	7.59%	7.97%	0.673		7.59%	6.20%	0.139
# of hospital days (log) 1	0.10	0.13	0.008		0.10	0.09	0.585
# of total service (log) 1	0.57	0.57	0.790		0.57	0.57	0.966

¹Transformed by natural log to adjust for skewed distribution. Number of visits was added by one first before log-transformation.