A missed opportunity: underutilization of inpatient behavioral health services to reduce injection drug use sequelae in Florida.

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) suffer high morbidity and mortality from injection related infections (IRI). The inpatient setting is an ideal opportunity to treat underlying substance use disorder (SUD), but it is unclear how often this occurs.

Objectives: To quantify the utilization of behavioral health services for PWID during inpatient admissions for IRI.

Hospital Costs of Injection Drug Use in Florida.

People who inject drugs (PWID) experience significant injection-related infections (IRIs) at significant healthcare system cost. This study used and validated an algorithm based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, to estimate hospitalized PWID populations, assess the total statewide morbidity for IRIs among PWID, and calculate associated costs of care.