Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa823

. 2021 Feb 1;72(3):499-502.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa823.

Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida

Austin E Coye¹, Kasha J Bornstein¹, Tyler S Bartholomew¹, Hua Li², Stanley Wong³, Naveed Z Janjua³, Hansel E Tookes⁴, Joan E St Onge⁵

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¹ University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
³ BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.

PMID: 32564077
PMCID: PMC8489420
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa823

Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida

Austin E Coye et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;72(3):499-502.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa823.

Authors

Austin E Coye¹, Kasha J Bornstein¹, Tyler S Bartholomew¹, Hua Li², Stanley Wong³, Naveed Z Janjua³, Hansel E Tookes⁴, Joan E St Onge⁵

Affiliations

¹ University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
³ BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.

PMID: 32564077
PMCID: PMC8489420
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa823

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.

Keywords: bacterial endocarditis; injection-related infections; people who inject drugs; skin and soft-tissue infections.

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[1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Persons who inject drugs (PWID). Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/pwid/index.html. Accessed 15 December 2019.

[2] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Persons who inject drugs (PWID). Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/pwid/index.html. Accessed 15 December 2019.

[3] Fleischauer AT, Ruhl L, Rhea S, Barnes E. Hospitalizations for endocarditis and associated health care costs among persons with diagnosed drug dependence— North Carolina, 2010-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017; 66:569–73. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Fleischauer AT, Ruhl L, Rhea S, Barnes E. Hospitalizations for endocarditis and associated health care costs among persons with diagnosed drug dependence— North Carolina, 2010-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017; 66:569–73. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Hope V, Kimber J, Vickerman P, Hickman M, Ncube F. Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. BMC Infect Dis 2008; 8:120. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Hope V, Kimber J, Vickerman P, Hickman M, Ncube F. Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. BMC Infect Dis 2008; 8:120. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Ciccarone D, Unick GJ, Cohen JK, Mars SG, Rosenblum D. Nationwide increase in hospitalizations for heroin-related soft tissue infections: associations with structural market conditions. Drug Alcohol Depend 2016; 163:126–33. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Ciccarone D, Unick GJ, Cohen JK, Mars SG, Rosenblum D. Nationwide increase in hospitalizations for heroin-related soft tissue infections: associations with structural market conditions. Drug Alcohol Depend 2016; 163:126–33. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Kennedy-Hendricks A, Richey M, McGinty EE, Stuart EA, Barry CL, Webster DW. Opioid overdose deaths and Florida’s crackdown on pill mills. Am J Public Health 2016; 106:291–7. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Kennedy-Hendricks A, Richey M, McGinty EE, Stuart EA, Barry CL, Webster DW. Opioid overdose deaths and Florida’s crackdown on pill mills. Am J Public Health 2016; 106:291–7. - PMC - PubMed

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