Table 2.

Adjusted Association of Urine Drug Testing by Patient and Prescriber Factors

aIRR (95% CI)p-Value
Female sex (vs male)0.9 (0.9,1.0)0.21
Race (vs White)
 Black1.2 (1.0,1.4)0.01
 Asian0.7 (0.5,1.0)0.04
 Other1.0 (0.8,1.2)0.91
Age, years (vs <30)
 30 to 491.4 (1.0,2.0)0.08
 50 to 641.3 (0.9,1.9)0.13
 65 to 841.3 (0.9,1.8)0.18
 85+0.8 (0.5,1.3)0.42
Medicaid (vs other insurance)1.0 (0.7,1.4)0.9
English language preferred (vs non-English)1.0 (0.7,1.4)0.92
No. opioid prescriptions1.1 (1.1,1.1)<0.01
Max. daily dose opioids1.0 (1.0,1.0)0.94
No. office visits1.0 (1.0,1.0)0.27
Prescriber specialty (vs Family Medicine)
 Internal Medicine1.6 (1.3,1.9)<0.01
 Specialist0.6 (0.5,0.7)<0.01
Female prescriber (vs male)1.3 (1.0,1.5)0.02
  • Notes: Negative binomial regression modeling the adjusted association between patient and prescriber factors and urine drug testing. Statistical significance set at P < .05.

  • Abbreviations: aIRR, adjusted incidence rate ratio; Max daily dose opioids, highest MME (morphine milliequivalent) per day during the study year; CI, confidence interval.