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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2019 Aug 7;127:105796. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105796

Table 3:

Variation in health service use by insurance status within the year period before suicide.

Commercial Medicare / Medicaid Other / Self-Pay
Controls, % (n=214, 650) Cases, % (n=1, 855) AOR (95% CI) Controls, % (n=41, 127) Cases, % (n=685) AOR (95% CI) Controls, % (n=10, 276) Cases, % (n=123) AOR (95% CI)
Any Encounter 84.5 90.0 1.84 (1.57, 2.15) 91.9 97.1 2.77 (1.75, 4.37) 82.6 90.2 1.86 (0.95, 3.62)
Inpatient Stay 4.4 25.7 7.72 (6.90, 8.63) 11.9 37.7 4.16 (3.48, 4.97) 4.5 30.9 6.55 (3.61, 11.87)
Emergency Room or Urgent Care Visit 20.3 42.1 3.19 (2.90, 3.51) 26.9 49.1 2.86 (2.42, 3, 37) 17.9 42.3 2.76 (1.73, 4.41)
Outpatient Specialty Visit 61.4 76.0 2.03 (1.82, 2.27) 76.2 87.6 2.08 (1.63, 2.66) 57.3 72.4 2.06 (1.28, 3.33)
Primary Care Visit 71.0 75.4 1.33 (1.19, 1.48) 83.5 90.1 1.71 (1.31, 2.22) 69.4 75.6 1.36 (0.84, 2.22)
Any Visit with MH diagnosis 14.2 52.8 7.62 (1.93, 8.38) 18.4 54.3 5.79 (4.89, 6.85) 13.2 55.3 7.14 (4.28, 11.93)
Any Visit with SU diagnosis 5.2 29.8 6.94 (6.25, 7.72) 6.7 21.0 3.76 (3.04, 4.64) 5.1 33.3 10.07 (5.24, 19.35)
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Odds Ratios are adjusted for age and sex

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MH denotes Mental Health

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SU denotes Substance Use