Table 2 Healthcare Costs of Patients by Illicit Drug in Florida, 2016–2018
From: Healthcare cost associations of patients who use illicit drugs in Florida: a retrospective analysis
Payer | Opioids | Sedatives | Cocaine | Stimulants | Hallucinogens | Inhalants | Multiple Drugs | Cannabis | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uninsured | $303,580,273 | $12,651,381 | $260,645,873 | $77,488,376 | $3,037,384 | $2,090,506 | $322,417,982 | $206,172,674 | $1,188,084,449 |
Medicare | $1,502,506,095 | $60,431,863 | $207,258,281 | $41,906,209 | $1,077,986 | $2,328,874 | $189,335,130 | $156,375,886 | $2,161,220,324 |
Medicaid | $514,680,922 | $17,562,632 | $308,104,203 | $52,981,163 | $1,996,175 | $2,900,562 | $271,772,453 | $194,873,971 | $1,364,872,081 |
Other Insurance | $128,885,460 | $4,674,212 | $60,814,707 | $15,463,740 | $677,578 | $1,670,357 | $60,377,110 | $53,009,490 | $325,572,654 |
Commercial | $534,096,623 | $27,738,560 | $492,611,678 | $30,739,067 | $1,904,929 | $2,273,589 | $121,246,188 | $153,570,258 | $1,364,180,892 |
Year | |||||||||
2016 | $984,401,523 | $35,857,269 | $290,192,067 | $57,384,749 | $2,390,132 | $5,472,874 | $294,398,297 | $246,195,072 | $1,916,291,983 |
2017 | $991,568,122 | $38,220,270 | $312,437,040 | $67,421,012 | $2,945,091 | $4,404,895 | $319,423,204 | $255,874,046 | $1,992,293,680 |
2018 | $1,007,779,728 | $48,981,109 | $726,805,635 | $93,772,794 | $3,358,829 | $1,386,119 | $351,327,362 | $261,933,161 | $2,495,344,737 |
Total Costs | $2,983,749,373 | $123,058,648 | $1,329,434,742 | $218,578,555 | $8,694,052 | $11,263,888 | $965,148,863 | $764,002,279 | $6,403,930,400 |