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1946. Heterogeneous Hospitalization Outcomes of People Who Use Drugs: The Type of Drug(s) Used Matters

BACKGROUND: US hospitals are experiencing an increase in admissions for persons who use drugs (PWUD). We examined predictors of two outcomes—leaving AMA and 30-day readmission—among PWUD. METHODS: We limited the 2013 National Readmissions Database to admissions of PWUD (age 18 to 65; ICD-9 codes for...

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Autores principales: Merchant, Elisabeth, Burke, Deirdre, Diaz, Chanelle, Barocas, Joshua, Tookes, Hansel, Wurcel, Alysse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252855/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1602