Table 2:

Proportions of VA Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) during Fiscal Year 2012 who met Varying Criteria for Initiation of and Engagement with Addictions Treatment, Overall and across Racial/Ethnic Groups

	Black (n= 79585)	Hispanic (n= 21476)	White (n= 201345)		Total (n=302,406)
	%	%	%	p-value	%
MEASURES OF INITIATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SPECIALTY TREATMENT
Initiation of Specialty Addictions Treatment
Any documented visit	38	32	27	<0.001	30
Engagement with Specialty Addictions Treatment (Among all Patients)
≥ 3 visits within 1st month	31	24	21	<0.001	24
≥2 visits in each of the 1st 3 months (6 total visits in 3 months)	22	16	14	<0.001	16
Engagement With Specialty Addictions Treatment (Among only Patients who Initiated Specialty Treatment)	n=30303	n=6816	n=53760		n=90,879
≥ 3 visits within 1st month	81	76	78	<0.001	79
≥2 visits in each of the 1st 3 months (6 total visits in 3 months)	59	51	52	<0.001	54
HEDIS INITIATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SPECIALTY TREATMENT OR AUD CARE IN GENERAL HOSPITAL SETTING
HEDIS Initiation
Documented visit ≤14 days after index visit or inpatient admission	21	17	16	<0.001	17
HEDIS Engagement (Among all Patients)
≥2 visits within 30 days of HEDIS initiation	6	4	4	<0.001	5
HEDIS Engagement (Among those who met criteria for HEDIS initiation)	n=16501	n=3649	n=32516		n=52,666
≥2 visits within 30 days of HEDIS initiation	29	24	26	<0.001	27