Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida

People who inject drugs (PWID) experience significant injection-related infections (1R1s) 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.

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This study utilized an algorithm based on ICD-10 to estimate hospitalized PWID populations, assess overall morbidity for IRIs among this group, and calculate associated costs of care.