Stein M D, O'Sullivan P S, Ellis P, Perrin H, Wartenberg A
Brown University School of Medicine.
J Subst Abuse. 1993;5(2):187-93. doi: 10.1016/0899-3289(93)90062-g.
To establish the extent of health services, including inpatient, emergency room, and outpatient care utilized by illicit drug users during the previous year, we surveyed 77 drug abusers, who were not known to be HIV-positive, entering a detoxification unit and a comparison group of 70 drug nonusers. Over the previous year, drug abusers had a greater number of visits to their usual source of care, to emergency rooms, and to other sites than drug nonusers. Drug abusers were significantly more likely to have been hospitalized during the past year. Using a logistic model including sociodemographic factors, drug abusers were 2.3 times as likely to use an emergency room and 6.7 times as likely to be hospitalized as drug nonusers. We conclude that drug abusers are heavy users of health services compared to a group of drug nonusers.
为确定非法药物使用者在上一年度所使用的医疗服务范围，包括住院、急诊室和门诊护理，我们对77名进入戒毒所且不知其为艾滋病毒阳性的药物滥用者以及70名非药物使用者组成的对照组进行了调查。在上一年度，药物滥用者比非药物使用者去其常规医疗服务机构、急诊室及其他场所就诊的次数更多。药物滥用者在过去一年里住院的可能性显著更高。使用包含社会人口统计学因素的逻辑模型，药物滥用者使用急诊室的可能性是非药物使用者的2.3倍，住院的可能性是非药物使用者的6.倍。我们得出结论，与非药物使用者群体相比，药物滥用者是医疗服务的大量使用者。
