The Association Between Stimulant, Opioid, and Multiple Drug Use on Behavioral Health Care Utilization in a Safety-Net Health System

Substance Abuse : Official Publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
Susan L CalcaterraIngrid A Binswanger

Abstract

Prior studies show an association between drug use and health care utilization. The relationship between specific drug type and emergent/urgent, inpatient, outpatient, and behavioral health care utilization has not been examined. We aimed to determine if multiple drug use was associated with increased utilization of behavioral health care. To assess health care utilization, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients who accessed health care at a safety-net medical center and affiliated clinics. Using electronic health records, we categorized patients who used stimulants, opioids, or multiple drugs based on urine toxicology screening tests and/or International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9). Remaining patients were categorized as patients without identified drug use. Health care utilization by drug use group and visit type was determined using a negative binomial regression model. Associations were reported as incidence rate ratios. Utilization was described by rates of health care-related visits for inpatient, emergent/urgent, outpatient, and behavioral health care among patients who used drugs, categorized by drug types, compared with patients without identified drug use. Of 95,198 index visits, 4....Continue Reading

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