| Literature DB >> 32564077 |
Austin E Coye1, Kasha J Bornstein1, Tyler S Bartholomew1, Hua Li2, Stanley Wong3, Naveed Z Janjua3, Hansel E Tookes4, Joan E St Onge5.
Abstract
People who inject drugs (PWID) experience significant injection-related infections (IRIs) at significant healthcare system cost. This study used and validated an algorithm based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, to estimate hospitalized PWID populations, assess the total statewide morbidity for IRIs among PWID, and calculate associated costs of care.Entities:
Keywords: bacterial endocarditis; injection-related infections; people who inject drugs; skin and soft-tissue infections
Year: 2021 PMID: 32564077 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa823
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079