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Table 5 Three-month Medical Service Utilisation for Inmates with ADHD (Compared with Inmates without ADHD; n = 96 ADHD, n = 294 non-ADHD)

From: The economic consequences of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in the Scottish prison system

Medical service use

beta coefficient (se)

IRR (95%CI)

p

General practitioner

0.19 (0.09)

1.21 (1.00, 1.45)

0.04

Physical health nurse

0.22 (0.10)

1.25 (1.03, 1.50)

0.02

Mental health nursea

0.61 (0.22)

1.84 (1.19, 2.85)

0.01

Addiction nurse

−0.11 (0.21)

0.90 (0.59, 1.35)

0.60

Other nurseb

− 0.18 (0.54)

0.83 (0.29, 2.40)

0.74

Psychiatrist and Psychologist

−0.12 (0.80)

0.89 (0.19, 4.27)

0.89

Oral health

0.93 (1.46)

2.54 (0.14, 44.74)

0.53

Other health related visitc

− 1.85 (0.99)

0.16 (0.02, 1.09)

0.06

Hospital outpatient

0.56 (0.54)

1.76 (0.61, 5.04)

0.30

  1. Note: Visits to Podiatrist excluded for n < 10
  2. aIncludes general mental health and psychiatric nursing staff
  3. bIncludes Hepatitis C, Harm reduction, and Smoking cessation nursing staff
  4. cIncludes any other recorded health visits, e.g. Well-man clinic