TABLE 2.
Percent of SUD Treatment Facilities That Offer Telehealth by Whether the County Socially Distanced or Not (N = 14,066)
| All Counties | Counties With High Social Distancing | Counties With Low Social Distancing | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 26.90% | 24.54% | 39.20% | P < 0.001 |
| Census region | ||||
| Northeast | 17.05% | 15.90% | 34.97% | P < 0.001 |
| Midwest | 28.57% | 26.20% | 40.78% | P< 0.001 |
| South | 31.03% | 28.41% | 36.50% | P< 0.001 |
| West | 28.22% | 26.47% | 48.48% | P< 0.001 |
| Type of facility | ||||
| OTP | 20.77% | 20.33% | 25.17% | 0.1685 |
| Non-OTP offers buprenorphine or naltrexone | 37.79% | 34.26% | 58.54% | P< 0.001 |
| Non-medication | 20.29% | 18.08% | 29.76% | P< 0.001 |
| Types of payment accepted | ||||
| Medicaid | 29.10% | 25.80% | 43.56% | P< 0.001 |
| Private | 30.94% | 28.13% | 44.57% | P< 0.001 |
| No payment | 11.11% | 10.00% | 18.42% | 0.1302 |
| For-profit status | ||||
| Missing | 3.13% | 0.00% | 33.33% | |
| For-profit | 26.36% | 25.71% | 31.24% | 0.0026 |
| Non-profit/governmental | 27.54% | 24.00% | 42.47% | P< 0.001 |
| County MSA status | ||||
| Metropolitan | 24.18% | 23.61% | 31.34% | 0.0002 |
| Nonmetropolitan | 37.54% | 30.40% | 40.98% | P< 0.001 |
| Fatal drug overdose rate quartile | ||||
| Highest quartile | 26.79% | 23.66% | 43.94% | P< 0.001 |
| Not highest quartile | 26.96% | 25.03% | 36.73% | P< 0.001 |
Note: P-value is from a naïve logistic regression that only includes whether the facility was located in a county that social distanced or not. The unit of analysis is the facility, and the main predictor is a county-level measure. Social distance measure is calculated based on county-level changes in the SafeGraph data between February 2 to 8, 2020 and April 12 to 18, 2020. County-level fatal drug overdose rate and MSA status is from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data in 2017.