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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 Feb 18;126:108329. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108329

Table 1:

Characteristics of patients in MOUD treatment (N=130,300).1

Prevalence (N(%))
Sex
Male 77,220 (59.26%)
Female 53,062 (40.72%)
Missing 18 (0.01%)
Age Group
18–29 39,327 (30.18%)
30–39 43,038 (33.03%)
40–49 23,637 (18.14%)
50+ 24,298 (18.65%)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 86,031 (66.03%)
Non-Hispanic Black 15,493 (11.89%)
Non-Hispanic Other 6,639 (5.10%)
Hispanic (any race) 21,541 (16.53%)
Missing 596 (0.46%)
Education
Eight or less 6,523 (5.01%)
Nine to eleven 28,081 (21.55%)
Twelve 62,160 (47.71%)
Thirteen or more 31,950 (24.52%)
Missing 1,586 (1.22%)
Employment
Employed 30,447 (23.37%)
Not Employed 97,465 (74.80%)
Missing 2,388 (1.83%)
Housing
Independent Housing 10,0075 (76.80%)
Dependent Housing 17,145 (13.16%)
Homeless 10,642 (8.17%)
Missing 2,438 (1.87%)
Veteran
Not Veteran 12,0678 (92.62%)
Veteran 3,226 (2.48%)
Missing 6,396 (4.91%)
Prior Month Arrest
No Arrest 11,4621 (87.97%)
Arrest 5,807 (4.46%)
Missing 9,872 (7.58%)
Age of First Use
Up to 17 30,911 (23.72%)
18–24 51,477 (39.51%)
25+ 46,615 (35.78%)
Missing 1,297 (1.00%)
Frequency of Use in Prior Month
No use 25,824 (19.82%)
Some use 20,362 (15.63%)
Daily use 69,983 (53.71%)
Missing 14,131 (10.84%)
Primary Opioid Use
Primary Prescription Opioids 27,900 (21.41%)
Primary Heroin 10,2400 (78.59%)
Comorbid Psychiatric Problem
No Psych Problem 74,492 (57.17%)
Psych Problem 46,657 (35.81%)
Missing 9,151 (7.02%)
Alcohol 13,087 (10.04%)
Marijuana 22,983 (17.64%)
Benzos 8,497 (6.52%)
Cocaine 28,956 (22.22%)
Methamphetamine 12,067 (9.26%)
Prior Tx
No Prior Tx 32,762 (25.14)
Prior Tx 95,773 (73.50%)
Missing 1,765 (1.35%)
Referral Source
Individual/Self 94,103 (72.22%)
Criminal justice 9,062 (6.95%)
Health/SUD provider 18,212 (13.98%)
School/employer/community provider 8,058 (6.18%)
Missing 865 (0.66%)
Health Insurance (N=33,939)2
No Insurance 6,835 (20.14%)
Private/commercial 1,991 (5.87%)
Medicaid 22,839 (67.29)
Medicare 2,274 (6.70%)

Table Notes:

1.

Number of episodes included per state is displayed in Table 3

2.

Estimates excludes states that reported insurance on less than 50% of episodes: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.