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Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2023 Jul 19;118(11):2203–2214. doi: 10.1111/add.16289

TABLE 3.

Marginal adjusted costs and utilizations of the overdose and the non-overdose groups at 90 days before and up to 90 days after the index date (2020 US dollars).

Types of costs −90 to −61 days −60 to −31 days −30 to −1 days 0–30 days 31–60 days 61–90 days
All costs ($), mean (95% CI)  915 (299, 1531)** 1241 (667, 1815)*** 2908 (2171, 3645)*** 16 890 (15 611, 18 169)*** 3970 (3218, 4722)*** 2784 (2067, 3502)***
Inpatient categories ($), mean (95% CI)
 Total inpatient costs  611 (82, 1141)*  856 (346, 1366)** 1686 (1046, 2325)*** 13 515 (12 378, 14 652)*** 3118 (2399, 3837)*** 2281 (1608, 2955)***
 Medical/surgical  292 (−37, 622)  509 (202, 817)** 1215 (694, 1736)***  7522 (6594, 8450)***  589 (188, 989)**  555 (155, 956)**
 Psychiatry/mental health  180 (−42, 402)  108 (−94, 310)  320 (99, 541)**  2884 (2437, 3330)***  536 (253, 819)***  259 (32, 485)*
 Substance use treatment   69 (−34, 172)   −24 (−96, 47)   17 (−79, 113)   671 (482, 859)***  242 (110, 374)***  158 (51, 266)**
 Mental health residential rehabilitation treatment Program   −89 (−225, 47)   −78 (−226, 70) −242 (−341, −143)***   230 (52, 407)*  681 (424, 938)***  591 (337, 844)***
 Other  116 (−117, 350)  164 (−79, 408)  114 (−98, 325)  1098 (673, 1524)***  766 (385, 1148)***  431 (118, 744)**
Outpatient categories ($), mean (95% CI)
 Total outpatient costs  240 (6, 475)*  352 (122, 582)** 1116 (815, 1418)***  3247 (2648, 3845)***  775 (535, 1015)***  454 (226, 682)***
 Medical/surgical   72 (−16, 160)  106 (35, 178)**  402 (284, 520)***   756 (669, 842)***  141 (76, 205)***   99 (11, 188)*
 Psychiatry/mental health   −10 (−54, 34)   −16 (−54, 22)   61 (2, 120)*   224 (173, 274)***   52 (5, 100)*   20 (−20, 59)
 Substance use treatment   14 (−22, 51)   33 (−8, 75)   20 (−16, 56)   135 (87, 182)***  146 (94, 197)***   86 (44, 128)***
 Pharmacy  −119 (−175, −62)***   −76 (−136, −15)*   −35 (−143, 72)    −58 (−115, −0.1)*   −29 (−100, 42)   22 (−88, 132)
 Mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program  −0.6 (−5, 4)   0.1 (−5, 5)   10 (3, 17)**    28 (15, 40)***   20 (9, 31)***    9 (2, 16)*
 Other   80 (0.6, 160)*  181 (45, 317)**  354 (242, 466)***  1070 (545, 1595)***  221 (131, 311)***  171 (70, 271)**
Resource utilization, mean (95% CI)
 Length of stay (days)  0.29 (0.04, 0.54)*  0.30 (0.06, 0.54)* 0.45 (0.23, 0.68)***  6.15 (5.33, 6.97)*** 2.26 (1.74, 2.77)*** 1.61 (1.16, 2.06)***
 Inpatient admissions (no.)  0.04 (0.01, 0.07)**  0.05 (0.03, 0.08)*** 0.10 (0.07, 0.13)***  1.01 (0.93, 1.10)*** 0.19 (0.15, 0.23)*** 0.14 (0.11, 0.18)***
 Outpatient visits (no.) −0.15 (−0.37, 0.06) 0.002 (−0.22, 0.22) 0.23 (0.01, 0.45)*  1.59 (1.34, 1.84)*** 0.78 (0.52, 1.03)*** 0.42 (0.17, 0.67)**

Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.

*

< 0.05;

**

< 0.01;

***

< 0.001.