Frequencies of emergency department use and hospitalization comparing patients with different types of substance or polysubstance-related disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study measured emergency department (ED) use and hospitalization for medical reasons among patients with substance-related disorders (SRD), comparing four subgroups: cannabis-related disorders, drug-related disorders other than cannabis, alcohol-related disorders and polysubstance-related disorders, controlling for various clinical, sociodemographic and service use variables.

Methods

Clinical administrative data for a cohort of 22,484 patients registered in Quebec (Canada) addiction treatment centers in 2012-13 were extracted for the years 2009-10 to 2015-16. Using negative binomial models, risks of frequent ED use and hospitalization were calculated for a 12-month period (2015-16).

Results

Patients with polysubstance-related disorders used ED more fre

SUBMITTER: Armoon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684146 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature