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

Armoon, Bahram; Grenier, Guy; Cao, Zhirong; Huỳnh, Christophe; Fleury, Marie‐Josée

doi:10.1186/s13011-021-00421-7

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

Published in Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy • Dec 18, 2021

Authors:

Bahram Armoon

Guy Grenier

Zhirong Cao

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-r...

Subject

Polysubstance dependence

Medicine

Cannabis

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