@article{ref1,
title="QuickStats: Rate of emergency department visits for substance use disorders among adults aged ≥18 years, by age group -- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2018-2019 and 2020-2021",
journal="MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report",
year="2023",
author="O'Jiaku-Okorie, Adaeze and Yin, Xianghua and Lucas, Christine",
volume="72",
number="39",
pages="e1073-e1073",
abstract="This report describes the rate of emergency department visits from substance use disorder among adults.   The rate of emergency department visits with a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder among adults increased from 74.4 per 10,000 population during 2018-2019 to 103.8 during 2020-2021. Between these two periods, this rate increased 42% among patients aged 18-34 years (from 86.1 to 122.5) and 38% among patients aged ≥35 years (from 69.5 to 96.1). During both 2018-2019 and 2020-2021, adults aged 18-34 years were more likely to visit an emergency department for substance abuse, use, or dependence than were those aged ≥35 years.   Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2018-2021. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/index.htm  * Number of visits per 10,000 population, based on estimates of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, which reflect the population as of July 1 each year; with 95% CIs indicated by error bars.   † Based on a sample of visits to emergency departments in noninstitutional general and short-stay hospitals, exclusive of federal, military, and Veterans Administration hospitals, located in the 50 states and District of Columbia.   § Emergency department visits with diagnosed mental and behavioral disorders attributed to psychoactive substance use were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes F10-F19.   For more information on this topic, CDC recommends the following link: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/featured-topics/substance-use-disorders/<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0149-2195",
doi="10.15585/mmwr.mm7239a6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7239a6"
}