Cost of Intentional Drug Overdose and Other Self-Harm Among Youth in the United States, 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the annual direct health care cost of intentional overdose and other types of self-harm resulting in emergency department and/or inpatient encounters among youth in the United States.

Methods

Using the 2021 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample and National Inpatient Sample datasets, produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, we determined nationally representative cross-sectional frequencies and costs for specific types of self-harm encounters among 8- to 21-year-old pediatric and young adult patients.

Results

The total combined 1-year cost of all self-harm encounters was $869 million (95% confidence interval [CI] $841M-$897M). The majority of this cost was due to intentional overdose-rel

SUBMITTER: Prichett LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12048248 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature