National Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders Among Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: NHAMCS 2014-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute healthcare utilization attributed to alcohol use disorders (AUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD) is rising.

Objective

To describe the prevalence and characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations made by adults with AUD or SUD.

Design, setting, and participants

Observational study with retrospective analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2014 to 2018), a nationally representative survey of acute care visits with information on the presence of AUD or SUD abstracted from the medical chart.

Main measures

Outcome measured as the presence of AUD or SUD.

Key results

From 2014 to 2018, the annual average prevalence of AUD or SUD was 9.4% of ED visits (9.3 million visits) and 11.9% hos

SUBMITTER: Suen LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436853 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature