Table 5.

Three-month Medical Service Utilisation for Inmates with ADHD (Compared with Inmates without ADHD; n = 96 ADHD, n = 294 non-ADHD)

Medical service use	beta coefficient (se)	IRR (95%CI)	p
General practitioner	0.19 (0.09)	1.21 (1.00, 1.45)	0.04
Physical health nurse	0.22 (0.10)	1.25 (1.03, 1.50)	0.02
Mental health nursea	0.61 (0.22)	1.84 (1.19, 2.85)	0.01
Addiction nurse	−0.11 (0.21)	0.90 (0.59, 1.35)	0.60
Other nurseb	− 0.18 (0.54)	0.83 (0.29, 2.40)	0.74
Psychiatrist and Psychologist	−0.12 (0.80)	0.89 (0.19, 4.27)	0.89
Oral health	0.93 (1.46)	2.54 (0.14, 44.74)	0.53
Other health related visitc	− 1.85 (0.99)	0.16 (0.02, 1.09)	0.06
Hospital outpatient	0.56 (0.54)	1.76 (0.61, 5.04)	0.30

Note: Visits to Podiatrist excluded for n < 10

^aIncludes general mental health and psychiatric nursing staff

^bIncludes Hepatitis C, Harm reduction, and Smoking cessation nursing staff

^cIncludes any other recorded health visits, e.g. Well-man clinic