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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Sep 22.
Published before final editing as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 Sep 11;288:113359. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113359

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