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Table 2 Service use comparisons (1 year) pre and (1 year) post-treatment (n = 631)

From: Beyond recidivism: changes in health and social service involvement following exposure to drug treatment court

 

Pre-program period Mean (SD)

Post-program period Mean (SD)

Pre-post Mean (SD)

P valuea

# of MSP services

39.9 (59.3)

51.1 (65.1)

−11.2 (60.6)

<0.001

# of acute hospitalizations

0.3 (0.9)

0.3 (0.8)

0.0 (0.9)

0.931

Social assistance payments ($CAD)

5130 (4367)

5897 (4767)

−767 (4271)

<0.001

  1. MSP medical service plan, SD standard deviation
  2. a -p values were obtained from paired t test (df = 630, two tailed)
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

ISSN: 1747-597X