Health service use among Manitobans with alcohol use disorder: a population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol is the drug most commonly used by Canadians, with multiple impacts on health and health service use. We examined patterns of short- and long-term health service use among people with a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder.

Methods

In this retrospective matched cohort study, we used population-based administrative data from the province of Manitoba, Canada, to identify individuals aged 12 years or older with a first indication of alcohol use disorder (index date) in the period 1990 to 2015. We matched cases (those with diagnosis of alcohol use disorder) to controls (those without this diagnosis), at a 1:5 ratio, on the basis of age, sex, geographic region and income quintile at the index date. The outcome measures were inpatient hospital admission, outpatient

SUBMITTER: Bolton JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721253 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature