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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2019 Aug 25;54(14):2387–2399. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1650775

Table 2.

Multilevel Logistic Regressions on Opioid-related Hospital Stays: Inpatient Stay Records (N= 264,013)

Inpatient Stays
Related to Opioid Use
Disorder
Inpatient Stays
Related to Opioid
Overdose
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Zip-code Characteristics
Number of recreational marijuana dispensaries per square mile 1.54* (1.08, 2.21) 1.04 (0.74, 1.46)
Number of medical marijuana dispensaries per square mile 1.03 (0.86, 1.24) 1.09 (0.92, 1.28)
Number of DATA-2000 waivered providers per square mile 1.04 (0.99, 1.10) 1.03 (0.99, 1.06)
Spatially Lagged Rates of Hospital Stays Related to Opioids 1.41*** (1.31, 1.52) 0.87 (0.60, 1.27)
Proportion of population under age 21 1.26 (0.49, 3.22) 0.71 (0.24, 2.04)
Racial/ethnic composition
 Predominantly non-Hispanic white Ref Ref
 Predominantly racial/ethnic minorities 0.78* (0.63, 0.98) 0.90 (0.71, 1.14)
Median household income 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 1.00** (0.99, 1.00)
Number of tobacco and alcohol outlets per square mile 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 1.00 (1.00, 1.01)
Population density per square mile 1.04** (1.02, 1.07) 1.01 (0.98, 1.04)
Individual Characteristics
Sex
 Male Ref Ref
 Female 0.82*** (0.79, 0.86) 1.01 (0.93, 1.10)
Age
 65+ Ref Ref
 50-64 3.88*** (3.64, 4.14) 1.38*** (1.22, 1.57)
 35-49 5.04*** (4.69, 5.42) 1.11 (0.95, 1.30)
 21-34 6.01*** (5.58, 6.48) 0.77** (0.65, 0.92)
 12-20 1.99*** (1.72, 2.30) 0.67* (0.49, 0.91)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white Ref Ref
 Hispanic 0.34*** (0.31, 0.38) 0.72** (0.59, 0.89)
 Non-Hispanic black 0.64*** (0.59, 0.70) 1.02 (0.85, 1.24)
 Other non-Hispanic minority 0.61*** (0.56, 0.66) 0.64*** (0.52, 0.79)
 Unknown 0.67*** (0.61, 0.74) 0.64*** (0.51, 0.80)
Primary payer for healthcare
 Private health insurance Ref Ref
 Medicare 3.15*** (2.96, 3.35) 1.45*** (1.28, 1.65)
 Medicaid 3.25*** (3.08, 3.42) 1.42*** (1.25, 1.61)
 Other 1.94*** (1.76, 2.14) 1.27* (1.02, 1.58)

* p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001; † Median household income was divided by 1000; ‡ Population density per square mile was divided by 1000. ORs and corresponding 95% CI were in bold if p<0.05. We used multilevel logistic regressions with random intercepts at zip code level.