With some drugs, more is needed just to feel normal. When not taking the drug, users commonly experience depression that leads to compulsive drug use. Long-term substance abuse affects brain functioning, causing memory loss, learning difficulties and impaired judgment. Marijuana causes short-term memory problems.
1 Medicare beneficiaries paid an average of $725 per inpatient stay, [21] compared to $410 for each observation stay (and $528 if drug costs were included in each observation stay). [ 2 22].hort inpatient stays were often for the same reasons as observation stays. [19]. The Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries pay more for short inpatient stays than for observation stays: 1  The Medicare program paid an average of $5,142 for each short inpatient stay, compared to $1,741 for each observation stay.
The figure above shows the rate of hospital stays and the average cost per stay for the twenty conditions with the highest total inpatient costs in 2009. Conditions are ordered by the aggregate costs of inpatient stays.Hospital stays for septicemia cost a total of $15.4 billion and occurred at a rate of 27 stays per 10,000 population. The average cost per stay was $18,500, about twice as much as the average cost for all stays.There were 135 hospital stays for liveborn (newborn infants) for every 10,000 population.These stays were responsible for $11.6 billion in hospital costs; each stay cost an average of $2,800. Stays for mood disorders cost a total of $4.3 billion; there were 28 of these stays per 10,000 population.here were 135 hospital stays for liveborn (newborn infants) for every 10,000 population. These stays were responsible for $11.6 billion in hospital costs; each stay cost an average of $2,800. Stays for mood disorders cost a total of $4.3 billion; there were 28 of these stays per 10,000 population.