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Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2016 Jul 7;7(6):444–452. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2016.06.007

Table 4.

Association between health service use and substance use (advanced prostate cancer cohort)

Hospitalizations*
OR (95% CI)
Outpatient Visits* OR
(95% CI)
ER Visits*
OR (95% CI)
Type of substance use disorder***
Age 66 - 74 years (adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics ,treatment, clinical
characteristics and propensity score)
Alcohol dependence
syndrome
Drug psychoses and related
Non-dependent use of drugs
2.0 (1.7, 2.5)
2.9 (2.3, 3.8)
1.6 (1.5, 1.7)
2.0 (1.3, 2.9)
3.2 (1.9, 5.2)
1.9 (1.7, 2.2)
1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
1.9 (1.3, 3.1)
1.5 (1.3, 1.7)
Age ≥ 75 years (adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics ,treatment, clinical
characteristics and propensity score)
Alcohol dependence
syndrome
Drug psychoses and related
Non-dependent use of drugs
1.5 (1.1, 2.2)
1.9 (1.4, 2.5)
1.6 (1.4, 1.9)
1.2 (0.7, 2.0)
1.9 (1.3, 2.8)
1.4 (1.1, 1.7)
0.9 (0.5, 1.9)
0.8 (0.5, 1.4)
1.6 (1.2, 2.1)
Period in which substance use disorder was identified ***
Age 66 - 74 years (adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics ,treatment, clinical
characteristics and propensity score)
Pre prostate cancer
diagnosis
Cancer treatment phase
Follow-up phase
1.4 (1.2, 1.6)
1.7 (1.5, 1.9)
1.9 (1.7, 2.1)
1.9 (1.5, 2.6)
2.1 (1.7, 2.6)
1.9 (1.6, 2.4)
1.1 (0.9, 1.5)
1.5 (1.3, 1.8)
1.8 (1.5, 2.1)
Age ≥ 75 years (adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics ,treatment, clinical
characteristics and propensity score)
Pre prostate cancer
diagnosis
Cancer treatment phase
Follow-up phase
1.5 (1.2, 1.8)
1.6 (1.3, 1.9)
1.9 (1.6, 2.5)
1.3 (0.9, 1.8)
1.4 (1.1, 1.8)
1.7 (1.3, 2.3)
1.2 (0.8, 1.9)
1.3 (0.9, 1.9)
1.5 (1.1, 2.3)
*

Negative binomial models