M D Stein1, G L Bailey2, P Thurmond3, N Paull4. 1. General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, United States; Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States. Electronic address: Michael_Stein@brown.edu. 2. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States; Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Inc., Fall River, MA 02720, United States. 3. General Medicine Research Unit, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, United States. 4. Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Inc., Fall River, MA 02720, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We examined the rate of uninsurance among persons seeking detoxification at a large drug treatment program in Massachusetts in 2013, five years after insurance mandates. METHODS: We interviewed three hundred and forty opioid dependent persons admitted for inpatient detoxification in Fall River, Massachusetts. Potential predictors of self-reported insurance status included age, gender, ethnicity, employment, homelessness, years of education, current legal status, and self-perceived health status. RESULTS: Participants mean age was 32 years, 71% were male, and 87% were non-Hispanic Caucasian. Twenty-three percent were uninsured. In the multivariate model, the odds of being uninsured was positively associated with years of education (OR=1.22, 95% CI=1.03; 1.46, p<.05), higher among males than females (OR=2.63, 95% CI=1.33; 5.20, p<.01), and inversely associated with age (OR=0.94, 95% CI=0.90; 0.98, p<.01). CONCLUSION: Opioid dependent persons recruited from a detoxification program in Massachusetts are uninsured at rates far above the state average. With the arrival of the Affordable Care Act, drug treatment programs in Massachusetts and nationally will be important sites to target to expand health coverage.
BACKGROUND: We examined the rate of uninsurance among persons seeking detoxification at a large drug treatment program in Massachusetts in 2013, five years after insurance mandates. METHODS: We interviewed three hundred and forty opioid dependent persons admitted for inpatient detoxification in Fall River, Massachusetts. Potential predictors of self-reported insurance status included age, gender, ethnicity, employment, homelessness, years of education, current legal status, and self-perceived health status. RESULTS:Participants mean age was 32 years, 71% were male, and 87% were non-Hispanic Caucasian. Twenty-three percent were uninsured. In the multivariate model, the odds of being uninsured was positively associated with years of education (OR=1.22, 95% CI=1.03; 1.46, p<.05), higher among males than females (OR=2.63, 95% CI=1.33; 5.20, p<.01), and inversely associated with age (OR=0.94, 95% CI=0.90; 0.98, p<.01). CONCLUSION: Opioid dependent persons recruited from a detoxification program in Massachusetts are uninsured at rates far above the state average. With the arrival of the Affordable Care Act, drug treatment programs in Massachusetts and nationally will be important sites to target to expand health coverage.
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