Research Article
Older Adults and Substance-Related Disorders: Trends and Associated Costs
Table 3
Types of services accessed by older adults with substance use diagnoses that used behavioral health services.
| | | 2000 () | 2009 ( 1,650)* | Percent change |
| | Outpatient mental health | 17% | 39% | +129 | | Medication checks | 24% | 38% | +58 | | Inpatient mental health | 17% | 12% | −29 | | Crisis services | 1% | 12% | +1100 | | Service coordination | 7% | 11% | +57 | | Outpatient (substance use) | 35% | 53% | +51 | | Methadone maintenance | 39% | 37% | −5 | | Nonhospital rehabilitation | 15% | 19% | +27 | | Intensive outpatient (substance use) | 3% | 12% | +300 | | Partial hospitalization (substance use) | 11% | 8% | −27 | | Nonhospital detoxification | 3% | 7% | +133 |
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*Three individuals from the 2009 cohort were not assigned a diagnosis.
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