High Inpatient Health Care Utilization and Charges Associated With Injection Drug Use–Related Infections: A Cohort Study, 2012–2015

High Inpatient Health Care Utilization and Charges Associated With Injection Drug Use–Related Infections: A Cohort Study, 2012–2015

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 hosp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021-03, Vol.8 (3), p.ofab009-ofab009, Article 009
Hauptverfasser: Rapoport, Alison B, Fine, Danielle R, Manne-Goehler, Jennifer M, Herzig, Shoshana J, Rowley, Christopher F
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Brief Reports
Drugs
Endocarditis
Health planning
Hospital patients
Immunology
Infection
Infectious Diseases
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medical care
Medical care, Cost of
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Microbiology
Overdose
Science & Technology
Utilization
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofab009