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. 2021 Mar 11;59(4 Suppl 2):S117–S123. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001498

TABLE 4.

Negative Binomial Regression of Residential Instability: 9 Months (Exp(β))

Baseline Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Need indicators
 Days in last 30 experienced alcohol problems 1.03 1.03 1.15*
 Days in last 30 experienced drug problems 0.98 1.01 1.09**
 Days in last 30 experienced psychological problems 0.97* 0.96* 0.86***
 Any chronic medical problems interfere with life 1.78 4.09*** 3.61***
Controls
 Age 0.97 0.65 1.03
 Race (Black) 0.21*** 0.15*** 0.16***
 Sex (Male) 0.56 0.88 1.09
Service preference (0=not at all; 4=extremely important)
 Importance of treatment for alcohol problems 0.91 0.77* 0.71**
 Importance of treatment for drug problems 1.05 0.94 0.88
 Importance of treatment for psychological problems 0.96 0.94 1.15
 Prefer less staff help 0.56** 0.69 0.72
 Reject case manager-identified need for staff help 5.98*** 4.52** 4.92**
Test of peer effect
 Substance abuse service use 3 mo prebaseline 1.11*** 1.14***
 Mental health service use 3 mo prebaseline 1.08 1.00
 Days not housed in 1 mo prebaseline 1.02 1.03
 Randomized to peer specialist 0.83 0.40
 Peer×baseline alcohol problems 0.93
 Peer×baseline drug problems 0.81***
 Peer×baseline psych problems 1.17***
Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) 452.44 424.83 392.56
Finite Sample Corrected AIC 456.12 431.27 401.69
Bayesian Information Criterion 487.90 471.20 447.11
N 113 113 113

4 extreme outliers excluded (x>60)

*

P≤0.05.

**

P≤0.01.

***

P≤0.001.