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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Sep 5;106:107–112. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.09.001

Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of the association between recent (prior 6 months) socio-demographic characteristics, health care access and utilization, substance use, and chronic condition factors, and subsequent depression treatment from n=590 depressed/not treated; and subsequent drug treatment from n=774 with active opioid use/no drug treatment

Depression Treatment Adjusted1 OR (95% CI)
N(individuals)=590
N(visits)=1793
Drug Treatment Adjusted1 OR (95% CI)
N(individuals)=774
N(visits) = 2930
Socio-demographic characteristics (prior 6 months)

Homeless 1.34 (1.04-1.72) 1.39 (1.14-1.69)
Low income (<5K) 1.28 (0.99-1.66) 1.19 (0.99-1.31)
Disability 1.12 (0.97-1.01) 0.92 (0.77-1.11)
Health insurance 1.50 (1.15-1.96) 0.89 (0.74-1.07)

Health care access and utilization (prior 6 months)

Usual source of primary care 1.15 (0.89-1.49) 0.93 (0.77-1.12)
See same doctor (90% of the time) 1.22 (0.98-1.53) 0.82 (0.70-0.98)
Inpatient visit 1.12 (0.86-1.44) 1.24 (0.99-1.55)
Outpatient visit 1.22 (1.00-1.49) 0.88 (0.76-1.03)
Emergency room visit 1.27 (1.04-1.56) 1.26 (1.07-1.49)

Substance use (prior 6 months)

Cigarette use 0.86 (0.97-1.17) 0.98 (0.74-1.31)
Alcohol use 1.07 (0.85-1.34) 0.89 (0.74-1.07)
Current injection use 1.01 (0.81-1.26) 1.65 (1.36-2.01)
Non-injection heroin or cocaine 1.17 (0.94-1.45) 0.87 (0.72-1.06)
Crack use 1.24 (0.99-1.55) 1.01 (0.86-1.20)
Marijuana use 0.98 (0.76-1.26) 0.82 (0.69-0.98)
Any alcohol/drug treatment 1.34 (1.08-1.65) ---
Non-fatal overdose2
 No drug use 1.00 1.00
 Drug use/no overdose 1.03 (0.83-1.29) 1.60 (1.30-1.96)
 Drug use/overdose 0.92 (0.63-1.34) 1.70 (1.35-2.32)

Chronic conditions and mental health conditions (prior 6 months)

Depression (index visit)3 --- 1.30 (1.10-1.53)
Depression treatment (index visit) --- 1.11 (0.91-1.34)
Depression treatment (prospective4) 2.07 (1.73-2.48)
Moderate/severe body pain 1.11 (0.92-1.35) 0.88 (0.74-1.04)
HIV-negative 1.00 1.00
HIV-positive/undetectable 1.24 (0.85-1.82) 0.93 (0.66-1.32)
HIV-positive/detectable 1.22 (0.86-1.72) 1.16 (0.87-1.54)
Diabetes treatment 1.42 (0.95-2.12) 1.18 (0.82-1.71)
Hypertension treatment 1.05 (0.82-1.33) 0.94 (0.78-1.15)
High cholesterol treatment 0.93 (0.60-1.45) 0.69 (0.46-1.04)
Suicidal risk
 None 1.00 1.00
 Thoughts/no plan 1.91 (1.38-2.64) 1.18 (0.87-1.60)
 Thoughts/plan 2.99 (1.90-4.72) 1.66 (1.10-2.51)
1

models adjusted for calendar year, age, sex, and race

2

Overdose assessed only among those reporting injection drug use prior to 2014

3

depression defined as CESD≥23 or depression treatment

4

prospective treatment in 12 months following index visit