Epidemiological study of opioid use disorder in French emergency departments, 2010-2018 from OSCOUR database.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Opioid consumption in France has remained stable over the last 15 years, with much lower levels than in the USA. However, few data are available on patients who consume opioids and their use of the health system. Emergency department (ED) data has never been used as a source to investigate opioid use disorder (OUD) in France.

Design/settings/participants

We used the OSCOUR national surveillance network, collecting daily ED data from 93% of French ED, to select and describe visits and hospitalisations after an OUD-related ED visit between 2010 and 2018 using International Classification of Diseases, version 10 (ICD10) codes. We described the population of interest and used binomial negative regressions to identify factors significantly associated with OUD such as g

SUBMITTER: Gallien Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604823 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature