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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2019 Aug 17;106:97–106. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.08.007

Table 3.

Past 6-month treatment services, emergency department visits and hospitalizations at baseline and follow-up by treatment group

Integrated Stepped Alcohol Treatment (N=49) Treatment as Usual (N=46) p value
Any outpatient alcohol treatmenta,b
 Baseline 1 (2.0) 0 (0) NA
 Week 24 15 (30.6) 7 (15.2) 0.08
 Week 52 9 (18.4) 5 (10.9) 0.30
Any inpatient alcohol treatmenta,b
 Baseline 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) NA
 Week 24 2 (4.1) 0 (0) 0.50
 Week 52 3 (6.1) 0 (0) 0.24
Emergency department visitsb
 Baseline 13 (26.5) 12 (26.1) NA
 Week 24 13 (26.5) 10 (21.7) 0.59
 Week 52 13 (26.5) 12 (26.1) 0.96
Hospitalizationb
 Baseline 3 (6.1) 4 (8.8) NA
 Week 24 9 (18.4) 5 (10.9) 0.30
 Week 52 7 (14.3) 5 (10.9) 0.62
a

. Based on presence of an alcohol or drug related ICD-9 or ICD-10 code at any time and, for outpatient services, if they had a SUD clinic stop code or CPT code; for inpatient services, included if they had a SUD bed section stop code or ICD-9 or ICD-10 procedure code.

b

. Assessed using VA electronic medical record data and during the 180 day period prior to baseline, week 24, and week 52, respectively.