High Inpatient Health Care Utilization and Charges Associated With Injection Drug Use–Related Infections: A Cohort Study, 2012–2015
Alison B. Rapoport, Danielle R. Fine, Jennifer Manne‐Goehler, Shoshana J. Herzig, Christopher F. Rowley
Abstract
Our study describes the characteristics of patients hospitalized with injection drug use-related infection over a multiyear period in a region highly impacted by the opioid epidemic. Intensive health care needs were common in this young cohort, including high rates of readmission, high hospitalization costs, and prolonged lengths of stay.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInjection drug useCohortEmergency medicineDrugCohort studyHealth careOpioid epidemicIntensive care medicineOpioidEnvironmental healthPediatricsInternal medicinePsychiatryDrug injectionEconomic growthEconomicsReceptorOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes