Variable | Value | Note | Source |
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Number of SIF clients (N) | 2100 | Approximate monthly unique Insite injection room clients | Maynard [33] |
Hospitalization rate for skin and soft-tissue infection (h) | 4.43% | Includes abscesses, cellulitis, sepsis, endocarditis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis | |
Reduction in soft-tissue and skin infection for PWID that visit SIF (r) | 67.00% | From Insite | Lloyd-Smith et al. [18] |
Average length of skin infection-related hospital stay for PWID (L) | 6Â days | From Baltimore (Hsieh, 2015) | Hsieh [91]; Lloyd-Smith et al. [18]; Stein [93]; Palepu et al. [94] |
Average hospital cost per day (C) | $2500 | Average cost per inpatient day, not specifically for PWID |