Table 2 Service and client features before and after wait-list controls received training and support

Service characteristics

k

11

11

10

10

Average clients 000’s (SD)

3.0 (2.0)

2.4 (1.7)

1.6 (0.8)

1.4 (1.0)

Remoteness (n)

 Urban and inner regional

5

5

4

4

 Outer regional and remote

2

2

3

3

 Very remote

4

4

3

3

AUDIT-C screening rate (%)

16.0%

15.3%

12.6%

12.0%

Brief intervention rate (%)

0.4%

0.2%

0.1%

0.1%

Client characteristics

n\(^\dagger\)

33,170

25,874

16,295

13,648

Observations per client

2.6 (1.6)

2.1 (1.1)

2.7 (1.6)

2.1 (1.1)

Age in years (SD)

38.0 (16.3)

39.5 (16.5)

38.3 (16.6)

39.0 (16.6)

Current drinkers

57.4%

56.7%

57.6%

57.8%

Mean AUDIT-C score (SD)

3.0 (3.4)

3.0 (3.4)

2.9 (3.3)

2.9 (3.3)