Select Drug-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations According to Drug Type


1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

cases

cases

cases

cases

cases

Drug Type

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Amphetamine and other psychostimulant

131

0.4

144

0.4

171

0.4

165

0.4

159

0.4

Antidepressant type

20

0.1

22

0.1

20

0.1

23

0.1

33

0.1

Barbiturate and Similary acting sedative or hypnotic

633

2.0

715

1.9

668

1.7

655

1.7

645

1.6

Cannabis

524

1.7

823

2.2

1,117

2.9

1,369

3.6

1,640

4.0

Cocaine

15,527

49.5

18,510

48.9

15,974

41.7

13,323

34.8

11,623

28.5

Hallucinogen

46

0.1

64

0.2

59

0.2

70

0.2

94

0.2

Multiple combinations of drugs

7,129

22.7

8,493

22.4

9,652

25.2

10,794

28.2

12,214

30.0

Opioid type

2,695

8.6

3,603

9.5

5,174

13.5

5,548

14.5

7,006

17.2

Other / unspecified / unknown drug

4,645

14.8

5,468

14.4

5,448

14.2

6,334

16.5

7,345

18.0

Note: Cases classified under a specific drug type include both abuse and dependency-related hospitalizations. "Other, unspecified, unknown drug" uincludes cases where drug used was not among those listed above, or the drug was not identified.

Source: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, inpatient hospitalization data, 1991 - 1995