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Table 4 Patient encounter details

From: Integrating substance use peer support and screening brief intervention and referral to treatment services in the emergency department: a descriptive study of the ED leads program

 

Brooklyn hospital 1

Queens hospital 1

Queens hospital 2

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Patients approached

783

44

644

36

358

20

1785

100

Patients unable to engage

11

1

176

27

95

27

282

16

Patients engaged

772

99

468

73

263

73

1503

84

 Licensed clinician only

754

98

300

64

167

63

1221

81

 Peer only

18

2

82

18

96

37

196

13

 Both

0

0

86

18

0

0

86

6

Referrals

 Not referred

131

17

189

40

33

13

353

23

 Resource list

64

8

18

4

38

14

120

8

 Admitted

176

23

135

29

40

15

351

23

Accepted “warm” referrals

401

52

126

16

150

19

677

45

 Referred to community

80

10

53

11

113

43

246

16

 Referred to H+H

321

42

73

16

39

15

433

29

Treatment attendance 7 days post-discharge

 SUDa treatment

256

80

16

22

1

3

273

63

 No SUD treatment

65

20

57

78

38

97

160

37

  1. aSubstance use disorder