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Estimating the population-level effects of Ontario's overdose prevention sites and consumption and treatment services: interrupted time series analysis with synthetic controls

2021-12-16 addiction medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundBetween 2017 and 2020, Ontario implemented overdose prevention sites (OPS) and consumption and treatment services (CTS) in nine of its 34 public health units (PHU). We tested for the effect of booth-hours (spaces within OPS/CTSs for supervised consumption) on opioid-related health service use and mortality rates at the provincial-(aggregate) and PHU-level. MethodsWe used monthly rates of all opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths between January ...

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