Journal article
Hospitalizations and hospital charges for co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
Journal of substance abuse treatment, Vol.40(4), pp.366-375
2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.12.005
PMID: 21353443
Abstract
Most published studies have examined co-occurring disorders among mental health patients. Our objective was to compare the length of stay and hospital charges between hospitalized patients with alcohol- or substance-related disorders with and without co-occurring disorders. We analyzed nationally representative hospital discharge data (Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2003–2007) and examined factors associated with length of stay and hospital charges. Forty-four percent of patients who were hospitalized with alcohol- or substance-related disorders were diagnosed with co-occurring mental disorders, representing 979,421 such disorders nationwide between 2003 and 2007. Females, those of White race, those who paid with insurance, and those who stayed in large, rural, nonteaching, and Midwest region hospitals had a high prevalence of co-occurring disorders. Co-occurring disorders were associated with longer hospital stays, but there were mixed results with hospital charges per discharge. An increase in co-occurring disorders among hospitalized patients with substance-related disorder may be due to the improvement in diagnosis and clinical attention.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hospitalizations and hospital charges for co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
- Creators
- Kele Ding - The Health Education and Promotion Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USAJingzhen Yang - The Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USAGang Cheng - The Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USATrisha Schiltz - The Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USAKaren M Summers - The Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USAAnne Helene Skinstad - The Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of substance abuse treatment, Vol.40(4), pp.366-375
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.12.005
- PMID
- 21353443
- NLM abbreviation
- J Subst Abuse Treat
- ISSN
- 0740-5472
- eISSN
- 1873-6483
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984064188402771
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