Table 1.

Descriptive data

Population characteristics

Age

Gender

Race

Ethnicity

Referral source: police, walk-in, child protective custody, etc.

Payer

Legal status: voluntary, involuntary, assisted outpatient treatment, etc.

Housing status

Diagnosis

Co-occurring substance use disorders

Acute substance intoxication or withdrawal

Trauma history

Chronic medical disease (e.g. diabetes, congestive heart failure)

Primary language

Program characteristics

Volume: number of encounters annually

Age range served: child, adolescent, adult, geriatric

Law enforcement referral rate: percentage of visits arriving via law enforcement

Involuntary referral rate: percentage of visits arriving under involuntary legal status

Level of care: urgent care, emergency services, 23-h observation, sub-acute crisis stabilization, crisis residential, etc

Locked versus unlocked: Does the program contain a locked unit?

Accessibility: Does the program accept involuntary law-enforcement drop-offs? Does the program require medical clearance at an outside ED or via EMS before arrival?

Hospital setting: Is the program a freestanding behavioral health facility, a program within a medical ED, other?

Community setting: Urban, rural, etc.?

Teaching status: Does the program serve as a training site for residents and medical students?