Table 2. Past-six-month emergency department and hospital utilization and charges by housing status, route of drug administration, and pandemic-era among people who have injected drugs.
| Subsample | Outcome | Setting | Mean | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Participants | No Homelessness | Homeless | |||
| Full Sample | Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 0.92 | 0.73 | 2.66 |
| Inpatient | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.36 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1408.26 | 1177.52 | 3583.62 | |
| Inpatient | 4051.12 | 3764.89 | 6749.59 | ||
| Injected Drugs | Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 1.33 | 0.88 | 2.86 |
| Inpatient | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.40 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1940.18 | 1392.15 | 3819.75 | |
| Inpatient | 4919.29 | 4182.49 | 7446.29 | ||
| Non-Injection Only | Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 1.03 | 0.82 | 2.87 |
| Inpatient | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.30 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1484.75 | 1252.92 | 3586.40 | |
| Inpatient | 3563.96 | 3300.05 | 5956.49 | ||
| No Drug Use | Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 0.69 | 0.65 | 1.90 |
| Inpatient | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.31 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1143.87 | 1071.74 | 2970.76 | |
| Inpatient | 3886.14 | 3808.44 | 5854.21 | ||
| Pre-Pandemic | Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 1.02 | 0.85 | 2.69 |
| Inpatient | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.39 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1450.98 | 1206.89 | 3800.25 | |
| Inpatient | 3879.02 | 3647.38 | 6108.39 | ||
| Pandemic | Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 0.76 | 0.60 | 2.57 |
| Inpatient | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.32 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1362.47 | 1163.57 | 3643.59 | |
| Inpatient | 4209.31 | 3813.76 | 8745.83 | ||
| Post-Pandemic | |||||
| Number of Admissions | Emergency Department | 0.85 | 0.61 | 2.67 | |
| Inpatient | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.31 | ||
| Total Charges | Emergency Department | 1353.17 | 1118.46 | 3105.06 | |
| Inpatient | 4302.88 | 4009.52 | 6492.64 | ||