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Table 4 Screening implementation outcomes for the first 12 months of screening

From: Implementation of substance use screening in rural federally-qualified health center clinics identified high rates of unhealthy alcohol and cannabis use among adult primary care patients

 

Clinic 1

N (%)

Clinic 2

N (%)

Clinic 3

N (%)

Total  N (%)

Total patients with visits

6861

9477

3962

20,300 (100.0%)

Patients with eligible visitsa [N (% of total patients)]

1644b (24.0%)

1429 (15.1%)

942 (23.8%)

4015 (19.8%)

Screening completed (N)

1522

1319

878

3749

 Screening rate among patients with eligible visits (%)

92.6%

92.3%

93.2%

93.4%

 Screening rate among patients with any visit (%)

22.6%

13.9%

22.2%

18.5%

Self-administered screening

[N (% of those screened)]

1443 (93.0%)

1221 (92.6%)

818 (93.2%)

3482 (92.9%)

Moderate-high risk for tobaccoc

261 (16.8%)

156 (11.8%)

131 (14.9%)

548 (14.6%)

 Moderate risk

84 (5.4%)

61 (4.6%)

37 (4.2%)

 High risk

177 (11.4%)

120 (9.1%)

94 (10.7%)

Moderate-high risk for alcoholc

495 (31.9%)

379 (28.7%)

265 (30.2%)

1139 (30.4%)

 Moderate risk

324 (20.9%)

290 (22.0%)

146 (16.6%)

 High risk

171 (11.0%)

170 (12.9%)

119 (13.6%)

Moderate-high risk for cannabisc

174 (11.2%)

130 (9.9%)

102 (11.6%)

406 (10.8%)

 Moderate risk

105 (6.8%)

103 (7.8%)

57 (6.5%)

 High risk

69 (4.4%)

51 (3.9%)

45 (5.1%)

Moderate-high risk for illicit drugsc,d

–

–

–

12 (0.3%)

Moderate-high risk for prescription drugsc,d

–

–

–

23 (0.6%)

Counseling documentede

88/569 (15.5%)

94/520 (18.1%)

61/304 (20.1%)

243/1393 (17.4%)

  1. aHealth system selected annual preventive care visits as the eligible visit type
  2. bAt Clinic 1, there were 3 patients under age 18 who had annual preventive care visits
  3. cRisk levels were calculated as a percentage of patients screened
  4. dModerate- and high-risk use of illicit drugs and prescription drugs had cell numbers below 10, so only summary results are presented
  5. eCounseling was captured if documented in the EHR counseling template and is calculated as the number of patients provided counseling out of all patients screening at moderate to high risk for alcohol or any drug(s) on the TAPS Tool