Table 1.

Characteristics of Medicaid Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Their Index Admissions

	Total		By statea
Characteristic	N	%	Mean %	Min %	Max %
Total patients with an index admission (N)	30,439	100.0
Sex
Male	17,114	56.2	52.0	38.7	66.6
Female	13,325	43.8	48.0	33.4	61.3
Race/ethnicity
White	13,121	43.1	59.2	29.5	94.3
Black	11,939	39.2	25.2	1.2	57.2
Hispanic	3,733	12.3	6.9	.1	25.3
Other	590	1.9	3.1	.1	16.1
Unknown	1,056	3.5	8.3	.5	49.0
Age
18–39	10,174	33.4	37.3	25.1	61.7
40–59	18,527	60.9	56.9	34.8	67.2
60–64	1,738	5.7	5.8	3.5	8.2
Comorbidities
Mental disorder	15,438	50.7	53.6	39.0	65.3
Physical	20,519	67.4	66.0	34.2	79.4
Basis of Medicaid eligibility
Disability	20,276	66.6	73.4	24.5	97.5
Other	10,163	33.4	26.6	2.5	75.5
Substance use diagnosis at index
Alcohol only	6,427	21.1	25.3	17.1	34.3
Any opioid use disorder	8,300	27.3	22.6	11.1	35.8
Prior behavioral health servicesb
Medication-assisted treatment	1,547	5.1	8.0	1.9	22.9
Inpatient	4,000	13.1	9.3	4.6	17.0
Outpatient	7,882	25.9	25.4	18.5	35.1

^aPercentages calculated by state, then mean %, minimum % and maximum percent calculated across the 10 states.

^bServices that were received in the 90 days before the index admission.

Source: 2008 Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX)