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Table 2 Odds ratio of opioid prescription by race and pain score based on logistic regression analysisa

From: Racial and ethnic disparities in opioid use for adolescents at US emergency departments

 

(Intercept)

aORc

CI 95b

P-value

0.017

0.014–0.021

< 0.001

Race/Ethnicity

Non-Hispanic White

Hispanic

0.798

0.697–0.914

< 0.001

Non-Hispanic Black

0.680

0.602–0.769

0.001

Pain Score

Pain Score 1 (No Pain)

Pain Score 2 (Mild Pain)

2.107

1.728–2.568

< 0.001

Pain Score 3 (Moderate Pain)

4.019

3.388–4.769

< 0.001

Pain Score 4 (Severe Pain)

7.775

6.521–9.271

< 0.001

Pain Score 0 (No Score Reported)

2.592

2.187–3.073

< 0.001

Pain Diagnosis

No Pain Diagnoses

Abdominal Pain

2.226

1.973–2.510

< 0.001

Fractures

7.578

6.464–8.883

< 0.001

Injury excluding fracture

1.551

1.383–1.740

< 0.001

Musculoskeletal Pain

3.130

2.703–3.625

< 0.001

Other Pain Diagnoses

2.029

1.734–2.375

< 0.001

Region

Northeast

Midwest

1.536

1.271–1.856

< 0.001

South

1.904

1.612–2.250

< 0.001

West

2.318

1.877–2.863

< 0.001

Payment Method

Private Insurance

Medicaid, CHIP, State

0.808

0.740–0.883

< 0.001

Other Payment Method

0.889

0.777–1.018

0.088

Self-Pay

1.054

0.945–1.176

0.343

Sex

Male

Female

0.860

0.783–0.944

0.001

Adolescent Age

11–14

15–17

1.500

1.354–1.662

< 0.001

18–21

2.452

2.249–2.672

< 0.001

  1. aAll analyses accounts for the complex sampling design of NHAMCS
  2. bTests are run at 95% Confidence intervals (P < 0.05)
  3. cadjusted odds ratio