Comparing the contribution of prescribed opioids to opioid-related hospitalizations across Canada: a multi-jurisdictional cross-sectional study

In Canada, over 2800 deaths were opioid-related in 2016, and 13 people are hospitalized every day from an opioid-related toxicity event (Canadian Institute for Health Information and Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2016; Government of Canada, 2017). Although these rates have risen considerably across the country over the past two decades, considerable geographic variation exists in the rates of fatal and non-fatal overdoses (Alberta Health, 2017; British Columbia Coroners Service, 2017a, b; Canadian Institute for Health Information and Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2016; Gomes et al., 2017).
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Full length article Source Type: research