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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2020 Mar 4;71:102286. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102286

Table 6:

Opioid-Related Substance Abuse Treatments by Age Group

Outcome: Opioid-Related Treatment Admissions Per 100,000
Panel A: Men
Age Group 12–20 21–29 30–39 40–49 50–54 55+
% Elderly2003 × Post 4.857*
(2.718)		 23.827**
(8.964)		 15.669***
(4.496)		 3.728**
(1.577)		 2.157**
(0.930)		 0.060
(0.339)
Mean Outcome: 58.14 182.37 107.62 73.43 47.82 9.90
Panel B: Women
Age Group 12–20 21–29 30–39 40–49 50–54 55+
% Elderly2003 × Post 5.703***
(1.428)		 30.068***
(6.554)		 15.156***
(3.114)		 3.422**
(1.302)		 1.610**
(0.762)		 −0.094
(0.139)
Mean Outcome: 36.13 143.68 95.89 58.32 29.20 4.69
P-Value (Men=Women) 0.716 0.588 0.696 0.696 0.458 0.616

Notes:

***

Significance 1%,

**

Significance 5%,

*

Significance 10%.

N=587 for all cells. Standard errors in parentheses adjusted for clustering at state level. All regressions weighted by population. Other controls included: state fixed effects, year fixed effects, the unemployment rate, % white, 6 age group shares, % no college, % some college, PDMPs, medical marijuana laws, legal and operational medical marijuana dispensaries, and pain clinic regulations.