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Use of health care services by people with substance use disorders in Belgium: a register-based cohort study

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00620-5 [2]

Authors

L Van Baelen [3]; E Plettinckx [4]; Jérôme Antoine [5]; Karin De Ridder [6]; Brecht Devleesschauwer [7]; L. Gremeaux [8]

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    Article written during project(s) : 
    TDI Belgian Treatment Demand Indicator Register [9]

    Abstract:

    The objective of the study was to describe the frequencies of health-care utilization by people with substance use disorder (SUD), including contacts with general practitioners (GP), psychiatrists, emergency departments (ED) and hospital admissions and to compare this frequency to the general population.
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    Abstract

    The objective of the study was to describe the frequencies of health-care utilization by people with substance use disorder (SUD), including contacts with general practitioners (GP), psychiatrists, emergency departments (ED) and hospital admissions and to compare this frequency to the general population.

    Associated health topics:

    Illicit drugs [10]
    Health and disease monitoring [11]

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    [1] https://www.sciensano.be/sites/default/files/s13690-021-00620-5.pdf [2] https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00620-5 [3] https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=37404&f%5Bsearch%5D=L%20Van%20Baelen [4] https://www.sciensano.be/en/people/els-plettinckx/biblio [5] https://www.sciensano.be/en/people/jerome-antoine/biblio [6] https://www.sciensano.be/en/people/karin-de-ridder/biblio [7] https://www.sciensano.be/en/people/brecht-devleesschauwer/biblio [8] https://www.sciensano.be/en/people/lies-gremeaux/biblio [9] https://www.sciensano.be/en/projects/belgian-treatment-demand-indicator-register [10] https://www.sciensano.be/en/health-topics/illicit-drugs [11] https://www.sciensano.be/en/health-topics/health-and-disease-monitoring