Table 1.
Sociodemographic, clinical & health insurance characteristics by age groups of OUD patients
| Age groups n (%) | Total n=10081 | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 to 25 n=1182 | 26 to 35 n=3234 | 36 to 45 n=2144 | 46 to 55 n=2299 | 56 to 64 n=1222 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 605 (51.2) | 1448 (44.8) | 726 (33.9) | 758 (33.0) | 385 (31.5) | 3922 (38.9) | <0.001 |
| Male | 577 (48.8) | 1786 (55.2) | 1418 (66.1) | 1541 (67.0) | 837 (68.5) | 6159 (61.1) | |
| Race and Ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 925 (78.3) | 2413 (74.6) | 1209 (56.4) | 1031 (44.9) | 517 (42.3) | 6095 (60.5) | <0.001 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 100 (8.5) | 311 (9.6) | 384 (17.9) | 786 (34.2) | 528 (43.2) | 2109 (20.9) | |
| Hispanic | 118 (10.0) | 406 (12.6) | 466 (21.7) | 403 (17.5) | 141 (11.5) | 1534 (15.2) | |
| Other/Unspecified | 39 (3.3) | 104 (3.2) | 85 (4.0) | 79 (3.4) | 36 (3.0) | 343 (3.4) | |
| Payment source (Insurance type) | |||||||
| Commercial | 228 (19.3) | 186 (5.8) | 138 (6.4) | 181 (7.9) | 107 (8.8) | 840 (8.3) | <0.001 |
| Medicaid | 805 (68.1) | 2558 (79.1) | 1571 (73.3) | 1430 (62.2) | 610 (49.9) | 6974 (69.2) | |
| Medicare | 34 (2.9) | 239 (7.4) | 290 (13.5) | 568 (24.7) | 457 (37.4) | 1588 (15.8) | |
| Self-pay/Uninsured | 35 (3.0) | 62 (1.9) | 37 (1.7) | 15 (0.7) | 5 (0.4) | 154 (1.5) | |
| Other/Unspecified | 80 (6.8) | 189 (5.8) | 108 (5.0) | 105 (4.6) | 43 (3.5) | 525 (5.2) | |
| Other substance use disorder diagnoses | |||||||
| Alcohol use disorder | 106 (9.0) | 400 (12.4) | 370 (17.3) | 439 (19.1) | 197 (16.1) | 1512 (15.0) | <0.001 |
| Cocaine use disorder | 142 (12.0) | 416 (12.9) | 294 (13.7) | 270 (11.7) | 107 (8.8) | 1229 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Mental health diagnoses | |||||||
| Anxiety | 415 (35.1) | 1420 (43.9) | 937 (43.7) | 1005 (43.7) | 510 (41.7) | 4287 (42.5) | <0.001 |
| Major depressive disorder | 176 (14.9) | 635 (19.6) | 547 (25.5) | 708 (30.8) | 324 (26.5) | 2390 (23.7) | <0.001 |
| Bipolar | 57 (4.8) | 164 (5.1) | 141 (6.6) | 178 (7.7) | 67 (5.5) | 607 (6.0) | <0.001 |
| Schizophrenia | 32 (2.7) | 145 (4.5) | 143 (6.7) | 168 (7.3) | 63 (5.2) | 551 (5.5) | <0.001 |
| Emergency department utilization with a primary OUD diagnosis | 526 (44.5) | 1233 (38.1) | 689 (32.1) | 535 (23.3) | 171 (14.0) | 3154 (31.3) | <0.001 |
| Repeat emergency department utilization (have more than one ED episode) with a primary OUD diagnosis in a year | 217 (18.4) | 581 (18.0) | 370 (17.3) | 316 (13.4) | 94 (7.7) | 1578 (15.7) | <0.001 |