Longitudinal Trends in Hospital Admissions with Co-Occurring Alcohol/Drug Diagnoses, 1994-2002

July 1, 2008 | Journal Article

Although the number of patients admitted to the hospital with concurrent diagnoses of alcohol and drug addiction (ADAA) rose, as did the costs associated with these hospitalizations, U.S. spending on ADAA treatment fell. Medicaid and Medicare bore the brunt of this spending, paying for 70 percent of hospitalizations with a concurrent ADAA diagnosis.