Table 2 Characteristics of the 3-class model based on outpatient care use characteristics (N = 18,215)
Profile 1 Low outpatient service users | Profile 2 Moderate outpatient service users | Profile 3 High outpatient service users | |
|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | |
Group size | 47.14 | 35.70 | 17.16 |
Outpatient service use characteristics (measured in 2014–15 (April 1–March 31), or other as specified) | |||
Usual outpatient physician a | |||
Usual general practitioner (GP) only | 0.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
Usual psychiatrist only | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.90 |
Both GP and psychiatrist | 0.00 | 0.00 | 59.10 |
No usual physician | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Frequency of consultations with usual GP a | |||
0–1 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 40.90 |
2–3 | 0.00 | 51.99 | 27.58 |
4+ | 0.00 | 48.01 | 31.52 |
Frequency of consultations with usual psychiatrist a | |||
0 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
1–3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.00 |
4+ | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.00 |
High continuity of physician care from usual GP or psychiatrist (≥0.8) b | 0.00 | 83.87 | 79.71 |
Frequency of psychosocial interventions received in community healthcare centers (excluding GP consultations) c | |||
0 | 69.88 | 55.90 | 40.61 |
1–3 | 18.06 | 22.59 | 23.17 |
4+ | 12.06 | 21.51 | 36.22 |
Frequency of interventions provided in any treatment programs attended for SRD in addiction treatment centers d | |||
0 | 76.67 | 65.08 | 55.94 |
1–3 | 8.34 | 10.76 | 10.88 |
4+ | 14.99 | 24.16 | 33.18 |
Percentage of patient dropouts from any SRD program in addiction treatment centers (from 2009 to 10 to 2014–15) e | |||
Low (0 to 33%) | 34.76 | 37.41 | 34.98 |
Median (34 to 66%) | 19.05 | 21.92 | 25.44 |
High (67 to 100%) | 46.19 | 40.67 | 39.58 |
Regularity of outpatient care with any provider (3 months per period) f | |||
Low (services received in 1 or 2 periods or less than 2 services received) | 82.83 | 31.28 | 9.70 |
Median (services received in 3 periods) | 8.59 | 30.68 | 20.48 |
High (services received in 4 periods) | 8.58 | 38.04 | 69.82 |