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Table 2 Types of services used by adults with a DSM-IV lifetime drug use disorder who used at least one type of service

From: Differences in service utilization and barriers among Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites with drug use disorders

  

Race/ethnicity comparisons

Treatment type

Overall

N = 600

% (SE)

White

N = 417

% (SE)

Black

N = 135

% (SE)

Hispanic

N = 108

% (SE)

χ2 (p†)

Narcotics/cocaine/alcoholics

Anonymous or any 12 step meeting

62.64 (2.62)

60.86 (3.08)a

79.67 (4.36)a

54.19 (6.98)

11.34 (.005)

Private physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or other professional

55.07 (2.45)

57.63 (2.95)a, b

39.45 (4.93)a

54.86 (6.19)b

7.94 (.024)

Drug/alcohol rehabilitation program

51.45 (2.67)

49.93 (3.07)a

65.85 (4.45)a

44.59 (7.55)

8.45 (.019)

Drug/alcohol detoxification ward/clinic

39.18 (2.74)

38.33 (2.98)

48.03 (5.36)

34.37 (7.33)

3.56 (.177)

Outpatient clinic, including outreach and day/partial patient program

36.66 (2.47)

34.36 (2.87)a, b

54.74 (5.36)a

31.35 (5.36)b

10.65 (.007)

Inpatient ward of psychiatric/general hospital or community mental health program

31.02 (2.10)

28.51 (2.41)

39.75 (5.16)

40.26 (7.27)

5.46 (.072)

Emergency room because of medicine/drug use

23.35 (1.86)

22.44 (2.14)

22.01 (4.41)

32.90 (8.26)

1.38 (.506)

Family services or other social service agency

21.69 (2.13)

20.29 (2.49)

27.07 (5.27)

26.20 (6.26)

2.03 (.368)

Clergyman, priest, or rabbi because of medicine/drug use

20.31 (1.89)

18.27 (2.25)

32.77 (4.80)

20.53 (5.54)

6.15 (.053)

Halfway house because of medicine/drug use

12.56 (1.71)

11.75 (1.92)

17.15 (4.60)

13.10 (4.05)

1.30 (.526)

Other agency or professional

11.75 (1.51)

10.06 (1.81)

20.03 (3.99)

14.68 (3.79)

5.16 (.084)

Employment assistance program (EAP)

9.49 (1.47)

9.45 (1.80)

13.95 (3.52)

3.73 (1.97)

6.14 (.053)

Crisis center because of medicine/drug use

6.37 (1.46)

5.82 (1.68)

11.07 (3.91)

4.54 (2.02)

2.05 (.364)

Methadone maintenance program

5.28 (1.10)

4.40 (1.20)

8.92 (2.65)

7.74 (3.46)

3.47 (.185)

  1. Note: All Ns in column headings are expressed as unweighted values. All table values are weighted column percentages (standard errors). Values in bold are statistically significant (p < .05). †Tests of differences based on chi-square. Cells with the same letters indicate group differences based on pair-wise post-hoc comparison using 2 × 2 chi-square tests (p < .05).