Table 1 Demographics of ED and Inpatients by Illicit Drug Type in Florida, 2016–2018
From: Healthcare cost associations of patients who use illicit drugs in Florida: a retrospective analysis
| Â | Â | Opioids | Sedatives | Cocaine | Stimulants | Hallucinogens | Inhalants | Multiple Drugs | Cannabis | Total Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 52.0% | 54.8% | 33.0% | 40.5% | 24.2% | 31.0% | 38.7% | 38.0% | 304,815 |
Male | 48.0% | 45.2% | 67.0% | 59.5% | 75.8% | 69.0% | 61.3% | 62.0% | 405,170 | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic | 8.5% | 12.0% | 13.3% | 7.9% | 14.5% | 10.9% | 11.1% | 11.5% | 74,192 |
Non-Hispanic | 91.5% | 88.0% | 86.7% | 92.1% | 85.5% | 89.1% | 88.9% | 88.5% | 635,793 | |
Race | Black | 10.5% | 6.0% | 45.2% | 10.3% | 23.1% | 20.8% | 22.1% | 34.1% | 164,808 |
Other Race | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 35,236 | |
White | 84.8% | 89.3% | 50.0% | 84.6% | 68.2% | 68.8% | 73.2% | 60.2% | 509,941 | |
Payer | Uninsured | 23.7% | 22.8% | 37.3% | 47.7% | 45.1% | 37.4% | 41.6% | 35.3% | 232,718 |
Medicare | 38.7% | 35.7% | 18.9% | 12.6% | 7.3% | 14.7% | 16.0% | 13.7% | 177,106 | |
Medicaid | 17.6% | 16.0% | 28.8% | 20.4% | 16.9% | 20.0% | 24.0% | 26.1% | 159,269 | |
Other Insurance | 3.9% | 4.0% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 8.4% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 34,809 | |
Commercial | 16.2% | 21.5% | 9.3% | 13.8% | 25.3% | 19.5% | 12.8% | 19.5% | 106,083 | |
Trauma Alert | Trauma Alert | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4324 |
Non Trauma Alert | 99.6% | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.2% | 99.1% | 96.8% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 705,661 | |
Year | 2016 | 32.6% | 29.4% | 30.8% | 26.1% | 28.6% | 45.2% | 30.2% | 31.2% | 221,427 |
2017 | 34.4% | 31.7% | 34.0% | 31.1% | 31.1% | 33.5% | 33.2% | 33.7% | 239,691 | |
2018 | 32.9% | 38.9% | 35.2% | 42.8% | 40.4% | 21.3% | 36.6% | 35.1% | 248,867 | |
Average | Age (STD) | 49.5 (23.4) | 49.6 (19.3) | 45.2 (16.0) | 38.5 (22.7) | 30.5 (24.8) | 40.6 (13.9) | 39.6 (19.0) | 37.0 (18.4) | Â |
LOS (inpatients) (STD) | 6.42 (9.9) | 5.31 (7.5) | 5.15 (9.5) | 4.57 (9.1) | 5.24 (14.9) | 6.57 (10.5) | 5.32 (9.5) | 4.54 (6.8) | Â | |
Total Counts | 267,067 | 17,711 | 133,307 | 38,634 | 2037 | 1406 | 120,759 | 129,064 | 709,985 |