The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Table 4.8
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Alcohol and Drug Abuse-Related Additional Days of Hospital Care, 1992
Diagnostic Category
No Alcohol or Drug Abuse Comorbidity
Alcohol Abuse Comorbidity
Drug Abuse Comorbidity
Both Alcohol and Drug Abuse Comorbidity
Disch. (000's)
Days (000's)
LOS*
Disch. (000's)
Days (000's)
LOS*
Add. Days (000's)
Disch. (000's)
Days (000's)
LOS*
Add. Days (000's)
Disch. (000's)
Days (000's)
LOS*
Add. Days (000's)
Infect./Parasit.
676
5,953
8.8
23
266
11.8
67
39
621
15.9
278
6
103
17.0
50
Neoplasm
1,775
15,070
8.5
37
490
13.3
176
23
233
10.0
36
2
15
7.7
(2)
Endoc./Nutrit.
1,072
7,371
6.9
88
575
6.5
(32)
31
198
6.3
(17)
6
35
6.2
(4)
Blood
297
1,817
6.1
16
125
8.0
30
10
64
6.2
1
1
8
8.7
3
Nervous
647
3,652
5.6
28
284
10.1
125
29
184
6.3
20
10
64
6.5
8
Circulatory
5,069
36,999
7.3
209
1,622
7.8
95
92
788
8.6
119
19
166
8.7
27
Respiratory
2,706
18,859
7.0
111
979
8.8
205
81
760
9.4
194
15
107
7.4
6
Digestive
2,821
16,825
6.0
268
2,120
7.9
523
49
345
7.1
56
19
159
8.6
49
Genitourinary
1,818
9,244
5.1
29
194
6.7
47
28
192
6.9
51
2
18
8.1
7
Pregnancy
4,606
12,317
2.7
8
70
8.8
48
96
323
3.4
67
9
45
5.2
22
Skin
391
3,354
8.6
21
213
10.2
33
38
253
6.6
(75)
5
37
7.3
(7)
Musc./Skel.
1,485
9,566
6.4
22
202
9.0
57
22
241
11.2
102
1
10
7.2
1
Injury/Poison
2,361
16,539
7.0
243
1,666
6.9
(35)
187
935
5.0
(376)
45
216
4.9
(96)
Supplemental
4,188
15,039
3.6
11
130
11.4
89
40
491
12.4
349
1
10
7.2
5
Other
2,469
10,007
4.1
1
11
18.7
7
5
66
12.2
25
Total
32,380
182,612
5.6
1,114
8,945
8.0
1,434.9
770
5,696
7.4
828.6
140
993
7.1
69
Source: Analysis of the 1990-1992 National Hospital Discharge Survey by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
*LOS = Length of stay (average) in days.
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