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Table 4 Relative risks of correctly reporting General Practitioner contact at 1 month following release from prison

From: Agreement between self-reported healthcare service use and administrative records in a longitudinal study of adults recently released from prison

 

N (% agreed)

Unadjusted IRR (95% CI)

Adjusted IRR (95% CI)a

Male

571 (84.1)

-

-

Female

167 (85.6)

1. 02 (0.95–1.09)

1.02 (0.95–1.10)

Non-Indigenous

606 (84.2)

-

-

Indigenous

132 (85.6)

1.02 (0.94–1.10)

1.00 (0.93–1.09)

Age 18–24

170 (84.1)

-

-

 25–44

439 (84.0)

1.00 (0.93–1.08)

0.99 (0.92–1.07)

 45+

129 (85.3)

1.02 (0.93–1.13)

1.00 (0.90–1.11)

Educated < 10 years

244 (86.1)

-

-

Educated 10+ years

379 (82.2)

0.97 (0.91–1.03)

0.97 (0.91–1.03)

Unemployedb

338 (84.5)

-

-

Employed

400 (84.4)

1.04 (0.97–1.10)

1.05 (0.98–1.12)

Unstable accommodationb

111 (87.3)

-

-

Stable accommodation

627 (83.9)

0.96 (0.89–1.04)

0.96 (0.89–1.04)

No intellectual disability

675 (84.1)

-

-

Intellectual disability

63 (87.3)

1.04 (0.94–1.15)

1.04 (0.94–1.15)

No mental Illness

354 (86.2)

-

-

Mental illness diagnosed

268 (82.2)

0.95 (0.90–1.02)

0.94 (0.88–1.01)

No CNS meds

499 (84.4)

-

-

CNS meds

221 (85.5)

1.01 (0.95–1.08)

1.00 (0.94–1.08)

Not hepatitis C positive

624 (84.8)

-

-

Hepatitis C positive

87 (82.1)

0.97 (0.88–1.06)

0.97 (0.88–1.06)

Never injected drugs

296 (86.5)

-

-

Injected drugs

326 (82.5)

0.95 (0.90–1.01)

0.96 (0.89–1.02)

No alcohol dependence

539 (84.6)

-

-

Possible alcohol dependence

184 (84.2)

1.00 (0.93–1.07)

1.00 (0.93–1.08)

No regular methamphetaminesb

560 (85.7)

-

-

Regular methamphetamines

178 (80.3)

0.94 (0.87–1.02)

0.95 (0.87–1.02)

No regular cannabisb

461 (83.1)

-

-

Regular cannabis

277 (86.6)

1.04 (0.98–1.11)

1.07 (1.00–1.14)*

No regular opioidsb

627 (85.5)

-

-

Regular opioids

111 (78.4)

0.92 (0.83–1.02)

0.89 (0.80–0.98)*

Number of GP contactsc

0

412 (83.2)

-

-

1

157 (79.0)*

0.95 (0.87–1.04)

0.96 (0.87–1.05)

2+

169 (92.3)*

1.11 (1.04–1.18)

1.14 (1.06–1.21)***

  1. IRR Incidence rate ratio, CNS Central Nervous System, GP General Practitioner
  2. *P < 0.05 ***P < 0.001
  3. aAdjusted for age, sex, indigenous status and number of GP visits, bprior to incarceration, cfrom MBS records