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. 2022 Aug 12;4:100088. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100088

Table 3.

Base model (with no interaction term) and difference-in-difference (DID) model using the dichotomous pre-post variable on the effect of drug courts on overdose mortality in United States counties.

Base model
DID model
Variable Coefficient 95% CI Z-score Coefficient 95% CI Z-score
(Intercept) 6.1 (5.916, 6.402) 49.7 6.0 (5.787, 6.269) 49.0
Year Centered 1.2 (1.215, 1.279) 75.3 1.2 (1.228, 1.292) 76.8
Treatment 2.9 (2.649, 3.169) 21.9 3.8 (3.570, 4.116) 27.6
Pre/post 0.7 (0.498, 0.932) 6.4 0.9 (0.744, 1.178) 8.6
Treatment * Pre/post −2.9 (−3.478, −2.370) −10.3

Urban/rural classification
Metropolitan Ref Ref

Rural −0.1 (−0.277, 0.075) −1.1 −0.1 (−0.275, 0.077) −1.1
Urban 0.0 (−0.172, 0.134) −0.2 0.0 (−0.171, 0.135) −0.2
Number of OTP 0.1 (0.019, 0.147) 2.5 0.1 (0.032, 0.152) 2.9
Medicaid expansion −2.7 (−3.221, −2.211) −10.5 −2.6 (−3.150, −2.144) −10.3
Northeast region 0.5 (0.305, 0.703) 4.9 0.5 (0.313, 0.707) 5.0

Return of presidential voting
Democrat Ref Ref

Republican 0.9 (0.822, 1.144) 11.9 0.9 (0.781, 1.103) 11.4
Others 1.0 (0.679, 1.391) 5.6 1.1 (0.776, 1.478) 6.2
% of uninsured population 0.1 (0.051, 0.071) 11.8 0.1 (0.052, 0.072) 12.0