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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 Jun 11;133:108533. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108533

Table 1c.

Pre- and post-ACA descriptive statistics among White and Black clients with Medicaid, by expansion status (2007–2013 and 2015–2018).

Medicaid Insured Clients
Expansion states
Non-Expansion states
NH-White clients
NH-Black clients
NH-White clients
NH-Black clients
Pre-ACA
Post-ACA
Pre-ACA
Post-ACA
Pre-ACA
Post-ACA
Pre-ACA
Post-ACA
N = 18,946
N = 66,049
N = 10,555
N = 28,386
N = 12,235
N = 8346
N = 1033
N = 1014

Gender Male 43.59% 49.92% 54.45% 62.35% 31.72% 28.66% 30.59% 31.76%
Age at admission 18–20 yr 8.15% 2.15% 0.58% 0.76% 8.44% 4.29% 4.07% 1.48%
21–24 yr 21.10% 10.23% 1.53% 4.25% 20.02% 11.61% 13.07% 8.68%
25–29 yr 26.27% 24.65% 2.94% 9.56% 27.79% 24.53% 22.46% 22.68%
30–34 yr 17.00% 22.24% 4.28% 7.96% 17.81% 22.54% 17.72% 22.39%
35–39 yr 9.51% 14.92% 11.62% 6.13% 9.65% 15.17% 11.42% 14.50%
40–44 yr 7.06% 8.53% 20.67% 8.86% 6.03% 8.39% 7.55% 9.57%
45–49 yr 4.98% 6.81% 23.10% 18.46% 4.91% 4.88% 5.03% 5.33%
50–54 yr 3.69% 5.46% 19.26% 20.92% 3.08% 4.07% 7.65% 5.33%
55–64 yr 2.22% 5.00% 16.01% 23.11% 2.26% 4.53% 11.04% 10.06%
Referral source Individual (self-referral) 67.93% 66.74% 37.96% 70.93% 59.10% 57.90% 60.41% 65.38%
Alcohol/drug use care provider 5.86% 3.95% 5.89% 4.21% 6.02% 4.49% 6.10% 2.37%
Other health care provider 7.64% 3.83% 43.69% 3.47% 14.16% 11.54% 8.03% 12.23%
School 0.08% 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.07% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Employer 0.03% 0.06% 0.01% 0.04% 0.07% 0.18% 0.10% 0.10%
Other community referral 9.71% 14.25% 7.65% 14.68% 9.89% 9.06% 12.88% 7.79%
Criminal justice referral 8.75% 11.16% 4.79% 6.67% 10.68% 16.74% 12.39% 12.03%
Heroin reported at admission 61.21% 69.98% 95.12% 85.51% 22.05% 39.95% 56.63% 54.73%
Polysubstance use 14.41% 10.01% 12.00% 8.17% 18.81% 20.61% 17.91% 16.77%
Homeless 7.61% 6.04% 6.58% 7.66% 4.48% 7.06% 7.26% 7.50%
Admission setting Inpatient rehab 7.84% 5.93% 7.66% 5.50% 13.67% 19.08% 20.52% 18.34%
Detox 38.06% 8.94% 12.12% 5.33% 16.18% 10.26% 20.23% 19.23%
Ambulatory 54.10% 85.13% 80.23% 89.17% 70.15% 70.67% 59.24% 62.43%
Education Less than high school 15.68% 5.14% 6.69% 4.15% 6.13% 4.80% 5.13% 4.44%
Some high school education 12.89% 19.70% 37.60% 33.03% 28.57% 22.93% 34.66% 28.80%
High school education (or GED) 48.24% 59.88% 39.93% 53.21% 45.50% 47.99% 40.56% 42.31%
Some college 19.63% 6.31% 13.91% 2.18% 17.33% 21.29% 18.01% 21.60%
College graduate + 3.55% 8.97% 1.87% 7.43% 2.47% 2.98% 1.65% 2.86%
Rural 10.16% 68.18% 3.28% 81.66% 23.23% 47.20% 10.07% 32.35%
Census division New England 49.23% 8.35% 4.11% 1.55% 49.07% 22.80% 6.58% 2.17%
Middle Atlantic 18.27% 10.66% 19.45% 12.39% N/A N/A N/A N/A
East North Central 18.95% 0.19% 66.73% 0.44% 1.84% 5.34% 0.97% 2.27%
West North Central 0.14% 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% 21.53% 22.60% 55.47% 55.13%
South Atlantic 4.33% 66.12% 8.92% 84.17% 9.78% 0.08% 9.58% 0.00%
East South Central 4.19% 11.26% 0.27% 0.98% 5.66% 26.66% 5.81% 23.57%
West South Central 3.16% 3.04% 0.43% 0.44% 10.13% 16.75% 21.49% 15.78%
Mountain 1.73% 0.36% 0.08% 0.02% 1.99% 5.76% 0.10% 1.08%