Impact of an addiction medicine consult team intervention in a Canadian inner city hospital on acute care utilization: a pragmatic quasi-experimental study

Table 3 Regression modeling results for each study outcome

Predictor Variable	Reduction in High EDc Use		Reduction in Inpatient Admissions		Reduction in Hospital LOSd
Predictor Variable	Adjusted OR [95% CI]	P-Value	Adjusted OR [95% CI]	P-Value	Adjusted OR [95% CI]	P-Value
Study Arm	0.74 [0.48,1.15]	0.183	0.89 [0.55,1.45]	0.633	0.64 [0.38,1.08]	0.093
Agea	0.99 [0.97,1.01]	0.165	0.99 [0.97,1.01]	0.197	0.98 [0.96,1.00]	0.025*
Male gender	0.99 [0.65,1.49]	0.941	1.18 [0.75,1.84]	0.479	1.23 [0.77,1.97]	0.374
Indigenous identity	1.16 [0.75,1.77]	0.507	0.75 [0.47,1.19]	0.224	0.75 [0.46,1.22]	0.252
Shelter use	1.46 [0.94,2.24]	0.090	1.23 [0.75,2.01]	0.410	1.12 [0.68,1.85]	0.665
Opioid use	1.24 [0.80,1.92]	0.334	1.65 [1.00,2.74]	0.052	1.42 [0.84,2.39]	0.193
Had unmet care needs	1.05 [0.65,1.69]	0.840	1.03 [0.62,1.71]	0.908	0.90 [0.53,1.53]	0.708
Low CRGb	0.54 [0.32,0.93]	0.026*	0.89 [0.51,1.54]	0.676	0.86 [0.49,1.53]	0.617
Medium CRG	0.79 [0.49,1.27]	0.334	1.14 [0.68,1.91]	0.610	1.31 [0.76,2.23]	0.361
Outpatient recruitment	1.06 [0.66,1.71]	0.799	0.10 [0.06,0.17]	<0.001*	0.07 [0.04,0.112]	<0.001*

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