Length of Stay, Hospitalization Cost, and Infection Rate for Inpatients With Vascular Access Devices With and Without History of Injection Drug Use

Abstract

The rate of IDU among those who received a VAD placement was 3%. The VAD + IDU patients had 1.8 times longer mean LOS than VAD-only cohorts. The VAD + IDU cohort had 1.9 times higher mean inpatient cost than VAD-only cohorts. PPCRI increased in VAD + IDU cohort during pandemic.