Singh JA, et al. - From 1998 to 2014, the hospitalization and in-hospital death rates for patients with cocaine use disorder (CocUD) were steady. Several characteristics were found to be linked with healthcare utilisation results and mortality outcomes of CocUD hospitalizations in this study.

• In the United States from 1998 to 2014, there were 6,454,775 weighted hospitalizations for CocUD.

• The population was primarily black (38%) and male (65%) with a median age of 45.

• There was no change in the hospitalization rate, 959 to 973 per 100,000 NIS claims, or the in-hospital mortality rate, 7.7 to 9.2, during study periods 1998–2000 and 2013–2014.

• The authors discovered that older age, male gender, non-white race, Deyo-Charlson index score of 2 or higher, insurance payer other than private, higher income, hospital region, an urban setting hospital, and a larger hospital bed size were associated with higher healthcare utilisation outcomes and/or in-hospital mortality in multivariable-adjusted analyses.