Table 5.
Legal and health characteristics predictive of outcomes in veterans treatment courts, controlling for site and background characteristics (N = 7931)
| Any new incarceration Odds ratio (99% CI) |
In own housing Odds ratio (99% CI) |
Employed Odds ratio (99% CI) |
Receiving VA benefits Odds ratio (99% CI) |
Receiving non-VA benefits Odds ratio (99% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal status at admission | |||||
| Incarceration history | |||||
| None | .29 (.19–.45)** | 1.73 (1.32–2.27)** | 1.37 (.98–1.92) | 1.10 (.81–1.48) | .91 (.55–1.51) |
| 1 year or less | .59 (.46–.75)** | 1.45 (1.19–1.78)** | 1.35 (1.03–1.77)* | .96 (.77–1.20) | .93 (.65–1.33) |
| More than 1 year | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Violent offense | 1.20 (.88–1.64) | 1.01 (.79–1.28) | 1.01 (.76–1.33) | 1.07 (.82–1.40) | 1.07 (.66–1.72) |
| Property offense | 1.51 (1.16–1.98)** | .90 (.72–1.13) | .76 (.58–.99)* | 1.09 (.85–1.38) | .82 (.52–1.30) |
| Drug offense | 1.25 (.97–1.61) | .83 (.68–1.02) | .90 (.70–1.15) | .98 (.78–1.24) | 1.00 (.67–1.49) |
| Public order offense | .84 (.65–1.10) | 1.03 (.85–1.26) | .91 (.73–1.15) | 1.02 (.82–1.26) | 1.04 (.72–1.52) |
| Probation/parole violation | 1.63 (1.20–2.22)** | .97 (.74–1.29) | .85 (.60–1.21) | 1.06 (.77–1.45) | 1.06 (.62–1.84) |
| Driving under influence | .93 (.71–1.23) | 1.11 (.91–1.35) | 1.34 (1.07–1.67)* | 1.02 (.82–1.27) | 1.06 (.73–1.55) |
| Domestic dispute | 1.24 (.89–1.72) | 1.22 (.95–1.57) | 1.20 (.90–1.60) | 1.03 (.78–1.36) | .84 (.50–1.39) |
| Child support issues | 1.37 (.97–1.93) | .94 (.70–1.25) | .95 (.68–1.34) | 1.06 (.76–1.48) | .53 (.25–1.11) |
| Health status at admission | |||||
| Total no. of medical conditions | .97 (.87–1.09) | .96 (.88–1.04) | .85 (.76–.95)** | 1.02 (.93–1.12) | 1.01 (.88–1.15) |
| Alcohol use disorder | 1.28 (1.04–1.56)* | .98 (.84–1.14) | 1.01 (.84–1.20) | 1.01 (.85–1.19) | .92 (.69–1.23) |
| Drug use disorder | 1.59 (1.29–1.97)** | .81 (.69–.95)* | .90 (.74–1.10) | .96 (.80–1.15) | 1.06 (.78–1.45) |
| Psychotic disorder | .96 (.63–1.47) | 1.24 (.89–1.73) | .61 (.36–1.04) | 1.29 (.89–1.87) | 1.59 (.98–2.60) |
| Bipolar disorder | 1.07 (.77–1.48) | .83 (.64–1.08) | .95 (.68–1.34) | 1.12 (.84–1.49) | 1.26 (.82–1.95) |
| Other affective disorder | 1.03 (.84–1.27) | 1.06 (.90–1.24) | .98 (.81–1.18) | 1.02 (.86–1.21) | 1.23 (.92–1.66) |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder | 1.04 (.83–1.30) | 1.06 (.89–1.26) | .76 (.62–.92)** | 1.64 (1.37–1.97)** | 1.15 (.83–1.61) |
| Other anxiety disorder | .91 (.72–1.15) | 1.04 (.87–1.24) | .98 (.81–1.18) | 1.15 (.95–1.40) | .83 (.58–1.17) |
| Any psychiatric hospitalizations | 1.20 (.97–1.48) | .88 (.75–1.04) | .64 (.52–.78)** | 1.29 (.89–1.87)* | 1.15 (.85–1.55) |
*
p < .01,
**
p < .001