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Table 1 Comparative analysis of discharged clients with OUD by program service type (methadone and counseling)

From: Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counseling

 

Methadone

(N = 11169)

Counseling

(N = 2284)

 

Mean (SD) or Count (%)

Mean (SD) or Count (%)

Discharge status***

 Progress towards completing treatment plan

793 (12.7%)

279 (20.7%)

 Completed treatment plan

668 (10.7%)

352 (26.1%)

 No progress towards completing treatment plan

4765 (76.5%)

718 (53.2%)

Female***

3325 (29.8%)

805 (35.3%)

Wave

 2011***

490 (4.4%)

545 (23.9%)

 2013***

3151 (28.2%)

535 (23.4%)

 2015***

4043 (36.2%)

583 (25.5%)

 2017***

3485 (31.2%)

621 (27.2%)

Race

 White***

4905 (44.2%)

1073 (48.1%)

 African American***

1172 (10.6%)

163 (7.3%)

 Latino**

4614 (41.5%)

850 (38.1%)

 Other***

419 (3.8%)

146 (6.5%)

Age***

43.1 (13.4)

36.2 (11.8)

Education (years)

11.4 (2.9)

11.7 (2.9)

Homeless***

1447 (13.0%)

376 (16.5%)

# prior episodes***

2.7 (4.3)

3.2 (4.5)

  1. OUD opioid use disorder, SD standard deviation
  2. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001