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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2017 Jul-Aug;11(4):293–299. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000311

Table 3.

Service utilization and psychotropic medication fills

Tobacco Use Disorder No Tobacco Use Disorder TUD Vs. No TUD
N= 519,918 2,691,840
Service Use (number) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Cohen’s d
Emergency Room Visits 83.03 (2.13) 48.20 (1.39) 0.23
Medical/Surgical Outpatient Visits 11.37 (11.91) 9.19 (10.73) 0.20
Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Visits 7.92 (26.80) 2.25 (11.35) 0.38
All Outpatient Visits 19.29 (30.51) 11.44 (16.48) 0.40
Number of prescription fills Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Cohen’s d
Antidepressants 4.37 (12.65) 2.28 (9.36) 0.21
Antipsychotics 1.81 (11.08) 0.66 (7.46) 0.14
Anxiolytic/Sedative/Hypnotics 1.94 (5.44) 1.17 (3.89) 0.18
Stimulants 0.06 (1.08) 0.04 (0.70) 0.02
Anticonvulsant/Mood Stabilizer 1.80 (9.35) 0.92 (6.57) 0.12
Lithium 0.13 (2.50) 0.04 (1.42) 0.06
All Psychotropics 10.35 (28.52) 5.51 (19.97) 0.22
Opioid prescriptions 7.97 (8.07) 6.21 ( (6.88) 0.24