Methods for estimating incidence of drug use: a review.

Methods for estimating incidence of drug use: a review. Curr Drug Abuse Rev. 2013 Jun;6(2):130-43 Authors: Sánchez-Niubò A, Mammone A, Tomba GS Abstract Several methods for estimating drug use incidence, that have been used in the literature or that could be used, having been used in a different framework, are described and commented. The applicability of the different methods depends on available data and knowledge about relevant parameters. The many similarities between drug use incidence estimation and estimation of disease incidence are highlighted, but also the distinguishing aspects that make drug use incidence estimation a challenge to standard statistical methods. PMID: 24308520 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research