COST ANALYSIS OF INPATIENT CARE PROVIDED TO DRUG USERS

药物滥用的一个重要后果是提供医疗服务的成本 照顾与药物有关的健康并发症。我们建议对这些数据进行估计 调查三家全州医院的住院记录的成本 出院数据库系统。我们的主要目标是模拟 为毒品相关疾病提供住院护理的经济影响 可归因于未经处方服用的合法药物、非法药物、 还有酒。我们的研究有两个主要目标：成本分析 有药物相关初步诊断的患者的住院费用和 吸毒者与非吸毒者的对比分析 二次诊断。研究的第一部分将计算 特定疾病组的平均费用和总费用 确定在与毒品有关的健康问题上花费的资源。第二 部分将检查与药物相关的共病对医院的影响 收费和付款来源。这项研究有几项政策 这意味着什么。例如，这些发现可以为未来的研究提供基础 医疗成本管理，这是治疗中的一个医疗保健组成部分 排除住院费用，或协助评估最近的 制定了将药物滥用服务与初级医疗联系起来的方案 照顾者。

A significant consequence of drug abuse is the cost of providing medical care for drug-related health complications. We propose to estimate these costs by investigating inpatient records from three statewide hospital discharge data base systems. Our primary objective is to model the economic impact of providing inpatient care for drug-related illnesses attributable to licit drugs taken without a prescription, illicit drugs, and alcohol. Our research has two overarching aims: a cost analysis of inpatient charges for patients with a drug-related primary diagnoses and a comparative analysis of patients with and without drug-related secondary diagnoses. The first portion of the research will calculate the average and total expenses for specific groups of illnesses to determine resources expended on drug-related health problems. The second portion will examine the impact of a drug-related comorbidity on hospital charges and payment sources. This research has several policy implications. For example, the findings could provide a base for future health care cost management, a health care component in treatment to preclude inpatient expenses, or aid in the evaluation of recently developed programs that link drug abuse services with primary medical care providers.