Addiction and the Utilization of Medical Care

Table 3

Health care utilization by addictive factor classification.

	Total	DD alone	SM alone	CBN alone	DD and SM	DD and CBN	SM and CBN	No addictive factors
Total no.	13 645	343	412	702	26	258	19	11 885
Outpatient
Total no.	12 468	294	378	586	25	205	18	10 962
Proportion^a (%)	91.37	85.71	91.75	83.48	96.15	79.46	94.74	92.23
Number of visits	14.19	11.89	20.52	13.06	15.52	10.90	16.44	14.14
Inpatient
Total no.	873	34	44	54	4	18	1	718
Proportion^b (%)	6.40	9.91	10.68	7.69	15.38	6.98	5.26	6.04
Number of visits	1.48	1.38	2.39	1.37	2.25	1.22	4	1.44

DD: deep drunk; SM: smoking cigarettes; CBN: chewing betel nut.
^aThe probability of individuals with outpatient services.
^bThe probability of individuals with inpatient services.