A new government report finds that hospitals faced 1.27 million patient visits for opioid-related problems in a single year.
The 2014 numbers, the latest available for every state, reflect a 64 percent increase for inpatient care and a 99 percent jump for E.R. treatment compared to figures from 2005. They show that women are now as likely as men to be hospitalized.
Among the states, the extremes are stark. Maryland, with the highest rates, recorded nearly 404 admissions because of opioids per 100,000 residents in 2014. In Iowa, the rate was just under 73.
| |  | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | News Alert | Tue., Jun. 20, 2017 9:03 a.m. | | | | | | Nation's opioid epidemic flooding hospitals and emergency rooms, new data show | A new government report finds that hospitals faced 1.27 million patient visits for opioid-related problems in a single year. The 2014 numbers, the latest available for every state, reflect a 64 percent increase for inpatient care and a 99 percent jump for E.R. treatment compared to figures from 2005. They show that women are now as likely as men to be hospitalized. Among the states, the extremes are stark. Maryland, with the highest rates, recorded nearly 404 admissions because of opioids per 100,000 residents in 2014. In Iowa, the rate was just under 73. | | Read more » | | | |
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