Drug & Alcohol Addiction Treatment and Rehab Statistics in Palm Desert
In 2022, there were 10,952 overdose deaths in California, according to the CDC. Additionally, there were 13,640,794 opioid prescriptions given in California, according to the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard. Additionally, 7,385 deaths were related to opioid overdoses. From 2017 to 2019, residential care facilities for substance use treatment surged by 68%.
Simultaneously, hospital inpatient care providers more than doubled. Additionally, about 40% of commercial HMO and PPO health members diagnosed with alcohol or other drug addictions received care that met the national quality standard of an initial treatment visit within 14 days of diagnosis, according to the CHCF Substance Use Disorder Almanac.
According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS), an average of 15,443 deaths per year in California are attributed to excessive alcohol use. This significant public health issue has shown a troubling trend over recent years. In 2019, California had 96,960 patients enrolled in substance use treatment programs. Of these patients, 11% used only alcohol, 60% used only drugs, and 29% used both alcohol and drugs. Additionally, 0.7% were in inpatient programs, 22% were in residential non-hospital programs, and 86.2% were in outpatient programs, according to the CHCF.