OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst The World in Which We Work Drug abuse was a diagnosis in 1.3 million hospital stays in 2005; such drug abuse-related hospital stays were about 3.3% of all hospital stays. The total cost of such stays totaled about $9.9 billion in 2005. More than half the stays for drug abuse-related stays began in the hospital’s emergency department. Insurance was billed for about 20% of drug abuse-related hospitalizations and about 17% of people hospitalized for drug abuse had no health insurance. In comparison, private . . .

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst The World in Which We Work Drug abuse was a diagnosis in 1.3 million hospital stays in 2005; such drug abuse-related hospital stays were about 3.3% of all hospital stays. The total cost of such stays totaled about $9.9 billion in 2005. More than half the stays for drug abuse-related stays began in the hospital’s emergency department. Insurance was billed for about 20% of drug abuse-related hospitalizations and about 17% of people hospitalized for drug abuse had no health insurance. In comparison, private . . .