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Table 2 Overall charges and drug charges in the 2 years before and after initiation of buprenorphine treatment

From: Criminal charges prior to and after initiation of office-based buprenorphine treatment

 

2 years before treatment initiation

2 years after treatment initiation

P value

Overall charges

Number of subjects with a charge (percentage)

108 (42.9%)

97 (38.5%)

0.22a

Mean number of cases per subject (SD)

0.77 (1.21)

0.70 (1.15)

0.37b

Mean number of cases among subjects in treatment for 12 months (SD)

0.71 (1.25)

0.60 (1.08)

0.38b

Mean number of cases among subjects opioid negative ≥ 6 months (SD)

0.67 (1.19)

0.43 (0.78)

0.03 b

Drug charges

Number of subjects with a drug charge (percentage)

54 (21.4%)

65 (25.8%)

0.11a

Mean number of drug cases per subject (SD)

0.31 (0.68)

0.35 (0.70)

0.46b

Mean number of drug cases among subjects in treatment for 12 months (SD)

0.30 (0.71)

0.34 (0.74)

0.60b

Mean number of drug cases among subjects opioid negative ≥ 6 months (SD)

0.28 (0.72)

0.21 (0.48)

0.27b

  1. SD-standard deviation
  2. a Pearson chi-square test; b Wilcoxon signed ranks test