Characteristics and co-morbidities associated with hospital discharges for opioid and methamphetamine co-use, United States 2016-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The US overdose crisis is increasingly characterized by opioid and methamphetamine co-use. Hospitalization is an important opportunity to engage patients in substance use treatment. Understanding characteristics of co-use-related hospital stays can inform the development of services to better support this growing patient population.

Methods

We used 2016-2019 National Inpatient Sample data to conduct a cross sectional analysis of hospitalizations involving use of opioids, methamphetamine, or both. We used bivariate analysis to compare patient demographics. We then used multinomial logistic regressions to compare the proportion of hospital stays which indicated co-morbid diagnosis. To account for correlated data, we used generalized linear models to compare outcom

SUBMITTER: Shearer RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10864835 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature