The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 4.1
Health Care Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1992 (millions of dollars)
|
Cost |
Total |
Alcohol |
Drugs |
|
Specialty Services and Support |
|
Services: |
|
Alcohol or drug abuse treatment |
$7,176 |
$4,046 |
$3,130 |
|
Alcohol or drug abuse prevention |
$1,814 |
$1,088 |
$726 |
|
Support: |
|
Training |
$122 |
$73 |
$49 |
|
Research |
$536 |
$184 |
$352 |
|
Insurance administration |
$325 |
$182 |
$143 |
|
Total, Specialty Services
and Support |
$9,973 |
$5,573 |
$4,400 |
| Medical Consequences |
|
Health Providers: |
|
Hospitalization, non-Federal |
$5,846 |
$5,328 |
$518 |
|
Hospitalization, Federal |
$495 |
$451 |
$44 |
|
Outpatient medical |
$1,749 |
$1,749 |
0 |
|
Nursing homes |
$623 |
$623 |
0 |
|
Pharmaceuticals |
$1,581 |
$1,581 |
0 |
|
Other health professionals |
$935 |
$935 |
0 |
|
Special Disease Groups: |
|
Fetal alcohol syndrome |
$1,944 |
$1,944 |
0 |
|
Drug-exposed infants, etc. |
$407 |
0 |
$407 |
|
Tuberculosis |
$30 |
0 |
$30 |
|
HIV/AIDS |
$3,700 |
0 |
$3,700 |
|
Hepatitis |
$462 |
0 |
$462 |
|
Violent crime |
$105 |
0 |
$105 |
|
Health Insurance Administration |
$901 |
$636 |
$265 |
|
Total, Medical Consequences |
$18,778 |
$13,247 |
$5,531 |
|
Total |
$28,751 |
$18,820 |
$9,931 |
Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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