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Table 5 Past year service use

From: Characteristics of individuals presenting to treatment for primary alcohol problems versus other drug problems in the Australian patient pathways study

 

Total sample

Alcohol

All drugs other than alcohola

Cannabinoids

Opioids

Stimulants

Unweighted sample N

781

378

402

120

110

161

AOD services

 AOD Counseling (%)

49.0

46.3

51.3

50.0

57.7*

45.5

 Withdrawal (%)

27.2

27.0

27.3

24.1

30.8

27.5

 Residential rehabilitation (%)

7.2

6.6

7.9

2.8

14.6*

6.3

Acute medical services

 Ambulance (%)

31.2

37.0

26.1*

22.9*

34.9

21.1*

 ED (%)

50.7

54.3

47.5

35.0*

57.7

50.0

 Hospital inpatient (%)

27.9

29.2

26.9

29.1

29.2

22.5

GP (%)

92.4

95.0

89.9

86.4*

97.7

86.5*

Median GP visits, IQR

7, 4–13

7, 4–12

7, 4–15

6, 3–12

12*, 5–20

6, 2–12

Other community services

 Outpatient mental health service (%)

45.0

42.7

47.0

48.2

48.8

43.3

 Legal aid (%)

30.0

25.1

34.2

27.1

36.9*

38.7*

 Employment service (%)

40.9

39.7

42.0

40.0

50.0

35.9

 Housing/homelessness service (%)

23.4

18.0

28.0*

26.1

30.2*

26.8

  1. AOD alcohol or other drugs, PIT primary index treatment, ED emergency department, GP general practitioner, IQR inter-quartile range
  2. Effect size (ES) of pairwise tests relative to alcohol indicated by: *ES > .1
  3. aDrugs combined includes cannabinoids, opioids, and stimulants, as well as benzodiazepines, GHB, and solvent/volatile inhalants