Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2015 Jul 14;24(6):523–531. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12256

Table 4.

Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models Predicting Treatment Engagement

Fixed Effects Everyone
N = 5,704
Whites
N = 4,308
Latinos
N =703
Blacks
N = 689

O.R. 95% CI O.R. 95% CI O.R. 95% CI O.R. 95% CI
Race/Ethnicity
(ref.: White)
Latino 1.00 (0.83,1.21) --- --- --- --- --- ---
Black 1.03 (0.83,1.27) --- --- --- --- --- ---
Covariates
Days to Initiation 0.92** (0.91,0.94) 0.92** (0.90,0.94) 0.95* (0.90,0.99) 0.95* (0.90,1.00)
Female 1.12 (0.99,1.27) 1.12 (0.97,1.30) 1.35 (0.87,2.11) 1.24 (0.82,1.87)
Age
(ref. : Ages 36-44)
18-25 0.81* (0.69,0.96) 0.77** (0.64,0.94) 0.99 (0.59,1.66) 0.81 (0.44,1.49)
26-35 0.84* (0.72,0.99) 0.80* (0.67,0.96) 0.86 (0.55,1.34) 0.82 (0.49,1.36)
45+ 1.02 (0.86,1.21) 0.91 (0.75,1.11) 1.56 (0.88,2.77) 1.75* (1.05,2.90)
Married 0.87 (0.74,1.03) 0.86 (0.71,1.04) 1.22 (0.73,2.03) 0.95 (0.56,1.62)
Referral Source
(ref.: self/family)
Health Professional 1.01 (0.84,1.23) 1.05 (0.84,1.30) 1.27 (0.63,2.55) 0.54 (0.27,1.08)
Criminal Justice 1.43** (1.22,1.67) 1.31** (1.09,1.57) 1.98** (1.24,3.17) 1.85* (1.11,3.07)
Substance Abuse Treatment 1.36** (1.14,1.62) 1.30** (1.07,1.58) 1.75 (0.99,3.06) 1.29 (0.73,2.25)
Other 1.40** (1.13,1.73) 1.42** (1.11,1.82) 1.88 (0.96,3.68) 1.12 (0.56,2.25)
Prior mental health treatment 0.98 (0.87,1.10) 0.95 (0.83,1.09) 0.78 (0.43,1.41) 1.08 (0.60,1.96)
Education (ref: less than high
school)
H.S. Grad 1.12 (0.95,1.32) 1.00 (0.70,1.43) 1.15 (0.77,1.74)
> High School 1.02 (0.84,1.24) 1.07 (0.57,1.99) 1.40 (0.80,2.44)
Homeless 1.17 (0.89,1.54) 1.28 (0.65,2.51) 2.17** (1.22,3.85)
Employed 1.01 (0.87,1.17) 0.96 (0.65,1.43) 1.19 (0.76,1.87)
Insurance
(Ref. : None)
Public 0.89 (0.75,1.04) 0.77 (0.51,1.15) 0.96 (0.62,1.49)
Private/Other 0.83 (0.69,1.00) 1.09 (0.60,1.99) 0.96 (0.50,1.83)
Prior year substance abuse
treatment
1.32** (1.09,1.60) 1.46** (1.17,1.83) 1.21 (0.82,1.78) 1.25 (0.82,1.92)
Substance Use Severity1
Alcohol 0.99 (0.98,1.01) 1.00 (0.98,1.02) 0.98 (0.94,1.03) 0.96 (0.92,1.01)
Cocaine 1.01 (1.00,1.03) 1.01 (0.99,1.02) 1.04 (1.00,1.08) 1.00 (0.96,1.05)
Heroin 0.99 (0.98,1.01) 0.99 (0.98,1.01) 0.98 (0.95,1.02) 1.01 (0.96,1.06)
Marijuana 1.00 (0.99,1.02) 1.00 (0.98,1.02) 1.02 (0.98,1.06) 1.02 (0.98,1.06)
Facility-Characteristics
Provision of MAT 1.39 (0.98,1.97) 1.32 (0.95,1.84) 1.58 (0.78,3.21) 1.04 (0.42,2.58)
Mental Health services
provided
0.62** (0.44,0.88) 0.63** (0.45,0.88) 0.42** (0.22,0.80) 0.70 (0.29,1.71)
Treatment provided by or in
hospital
1.24 (0.87,1.77) 1.37 (0.99,1.90) 1.00 (0.48,2.11) 1.13 (0.44,2.92)
Provides services in other
languages than English
1.11 (0.76,1.61) 1.26 (0.89,1.77) 0.62 (0.27,1.44) 0.86 (0.31,2.40)
High Proportion of Latino
Clients in Facility
0.81 (0.56,1.18) 0.71 (0.49,1.02) 0.85 (0.43,1.66) 0.95 (0.38,2.40)
High Proportion of Black
Clients in Facility
1.32 (0.95,1.83) 1.15 (0.82,1.60) 1.45 (0.80,2.64) 1.37 (0.67,2.81)

Notes:

*

p < . 05,

**

p < .01