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Table 3 Differences in MOUD barriers by court role, type, and urbanity

From: Barriers to medications for opioid use disorder in the court system: provider availability, provider “trustworthiness,” and cost

 

Role

Type

Urbanity

Barrier

H

U

Mean Rank for Criminal Courts

Mean Rank for Family Courts

U

Mean Rank for Rural Courts

Mean Rank for Urban Courts

No methadone providers are located near our court

8.81

1487.00

57.83

62.42

1108.00***

78.34

57.09

No buprenorphine providers are located near our court

9.56

1101.50

52.69

61.53

928.50***

72.86

53.55

No naltrexone providers are located near our court

9.07

776.00***

48.71

66.97

803.50***

72.29

52.45

No trustworthy methadone providers are located near our court

9.09

1276.00

53.49

54.92

1112.00

65.30

55.06

No trustworthy buprenorphine providers are located near our court

11.03

934.50

50.13

61.30

925.00*

67.10

53.51

No trustworthy naltrexone providers are located near our court

14.07

587.00***

45.43

67.54

751.00**

68.19

50.66

Clients lack financial resources to pay for methadone treatment

11.83

1794.00**

61.00

44.65

857.00**

73.03

51.95

Clients lack financial resources to pay for buprenorphine treatment

14.17

1447.00

56.17

49.89

1017.00*

67.59

53.21

Clients lack financial resources to pay for naltrexone treatment

6.798

1080.00

51.50

54.75

950.00

64.24

53.09

  1. Abbreviation: H Kruskal Wallis value, U Mann-Whitney U value
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001