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Table 2 Mean Self-reported Healthcare Resource Utilization in Past 30 Days at Study Baseline

From: Harmonizing healthcare and other resource measures for evaluating economic costs in substance use disorder research

Measure

PACTo

RETAIN

BRIGHT 2

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Healthcare sector perspective

# of emergency department visits (hospital-based)

0.069

0.174

0.099

0.195

0.107

0.160

 Inpatient

  Hospitalizations

   # of hospitalizations

0.044

0.155

0.129

0.745

0.055

0.095

   # of days per hospitalization

8.837

8.740

8.110

7.968

5.712

6.119

   # of hospitalization days

0.391

1.669

0.742

3.437

0.313

0.671

  Residential drug or alcohol treatment facility / detox hospital

   # of residential drug or alcohol treatment facility / detox hospital stays

0.077

0.340

0.039

0.300

0.013

0.033

   # of days per residential drug or alcohol treatment facility / detox hospital stay

10.206

8.828

18.714

11.293

25.688

8.585

   # of residential drug or alcohol treatment facility / detox hospital stay days

0.692

3.057

0.516

3.021

0.341

0.830

 Outpatient

  Hospital clinic / outpatient department

   # of hospitalization clinic / outpatient departments visited

0.073

0.128

0.029

0.126

0.031

0.048

   # of visits per hospital clinic / outpatient department

0.532

1.649

0.297

0.224

0.511

0.507

   # of hospital clinic / outpatient department visits

0.040

0.188

0.009

0.048

0.016

0.038

  Community clinic / neighborhood health center

  # of community clinic / neighborhood health centers visited

0.049

0.181

0.035

0.095

0.028

0.049

  # of visits per community clinic / neighborhood health center

1.030

3.311

0.269

0.327

0.600

1.394

  # of community clinic / neighborhood health center visits

0.045

0.285

0.009

0.035

0.017

0.071

 Physician

  # of physicians visited

0.006

0.055

0.004

0.028

0.003

0.020

  # of visits per physician

0.575

0.331

0.555

0.527

0.616

0.907

  # of physician visits

0.004

0.050

0.002

0.019

0.002

0.017

 Mental healthcare providers

  # of mental healthcare providers visited

0.056

0.131

0.023

0.103

0.049

0.079

  # of visits per mental healthcare provider (psychological / emotional issues)

0.433

0.454

1.091

3.436

0.604

0.764

  # of mental healthcare provider visits (psychological / emotional issues)

0.029

0.110

0.017

0.158

0.029

0.061

  # of visits per mentalhealth care provider (medication management)

0.400

0.419

0.396

0.323

0.508

0.615

  # of mental healthcare provider visits (medication management)

0.021

0.094

0.011

0.073

0.020

0.049

  Alcohol / drug treatment providers

  # of alcohol / drug treatment providers visited

0.060

0.384

0.009

0.079

0.038

0.058

  # of visits per alcohol / drug treatment provider

0.894

1.329

0.555

0.421

1.045

2.330

  # of alcohol / drug treatment provider visits

0.062

0.615

0.007

0.076

0.039

0.140

  # of visits per alcohol / drug treatment provider (medication management)

0.810

1.286

2.137

4.278

1.148

2.758

  # of alcohol / drug treatment provider visits (medication management)

0.031

0.159

0.033

0.576

0.037

0.140

Societal perspective

# of days experienced alcohol problems

0.785

4.369

1.591

7.436

  

# of days experienced drug problems

8.405

12.806

4.542

9.980

  

Money spent on alcohol

$22

$134

$68

$618

  

Money spent on drugs

$657

$1370

$200

$871

  
  1. Note: A blank cell confers the measure was not asked in that study. Costs are in 2017 U.S. dollars