University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics, Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 1;72(3):499-502. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa823.
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.
注射毒品者(PWID)在医疗保健系统中会经历大量与注射相关的感染(IRIs),并产生高昂的成本。本研究使用并验证了一种基于国际疾病分类第十版的算法,以估计住院 PWID 人群,评估 PWID 中与注射相关感染的全州发病率,并计算相关的医疗费用。