Prescription of topiramate to treat alcohol use disorders in the Veterans Health Administration

Table 2 Predictors of topiramate prescription and receipt of specialty care for alcohol use disorders in the Veterans Health Administration, fiscal year 2011

		Topiramate (N = 5454)
Variable	Total N	N	%
Gender
Male (reference)	360,434	4662	1.29
Female	15,231	792	5.20*
Age
>55 (reference)	207,657	1904	0.92
30-55	143,805	3069	2.13*
<30	24,315	481	1.98*
Alcohol diagnosis
Dependence (reference)	238,995	3892	1.63
Abuse	134,034	1540	1.15*
Specialty care
None (reference)	105,549	248	0.23
Mental health	158,624	2798	1.76*
Addiction	10,532	52	0.49*
Both (mental health & addiction)	101,072	2356	2.33*
Psychiatric comorbidity
None (reference)	188,762	897	0.48
Bipolar disorder	12,110	371	3.06*
Depression	42,296	748	1.77*
PTSD	61,665	1088	1.76*
PTSD & depression	35,570	1141	3.21*
Schizophrenia	9587	121	1.26*
Other/multiple	25,787	1088	4.22*

Note: * indicates p < .05 for the difference between the indicated group and the reference group in single predictor generalized linear mixed model with random effect for VHA facility.

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