Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida

Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida

Abstract People who inject drugs (PWID) experience significant injection-related infections (IRIs) at significant healthcare system cost. This study used and validated an algorithm based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, to estimate hospitalized PWID populations, asses...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2021-02, Vol.72 (3), p.499-502
Hauptverfasser: Coye, Austin E, Bornstein, Kasha J, Bartholomew, Tyler S, Li, Hua, Wong, Stanley, Janjua, Naveed Z, Tookes, Hansel E, St Onge, Joan E
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Sprache:eng
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Brief Reports
Florida - epidemiology
Hospital Costs
Hospitals
Humans
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract People who inject drugs (PWID) experience significant injection-related infections (IRIs) at significant healthcare system cost. This study used and validated an algorithm based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, to estimate hospitalized PWID populations, assess the total statewide morbidity for IRIs among PWID, and calculate associated costs of care.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa823