2007-11-11 20:19:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
You have the answer for hospitals but I think you may mean for the programs that give out narcan to users. The city/county that has the program would pay for it, I believe. Some needle exchanges give it out in which case they would pay for it. Like others said, it is dirt cheap and saves lives. If heroin users had it, think about how much cheaper it would be to save the lives of those who OD. Instead of needing to be in ICU for a week, they just get a shot and are ok.
2007-11-12 06:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by Scott B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naloxone (Narcan) is cheap. It's the least of the cost involved in treatment. Some of the patients have insurance, but many don't, and they're billed privately. There is no state or federal funding available to most hospitals to defray the costs of this or any other emergency care, so costs tend to be recouped by raising the charges to others.
2007-11-12 00:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
State and federal money pays for ER patients who do not have insurance.
The cost of narcan injection pales in comparison to the total cost of treating narcotic overdose patients.
The average wholesale price is around $1.00 an ampule. The actual cost to a hospital is usually much less than that..
2007-11-11 22:16:32 · answer #3 · answered by flip33 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋