Association between alcohol access and alcohol-related health service use for individuals with and without a past history of problematic alcohol use
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Talarico, Robert; Myran, Daniel; Friesen, Erik Loewen; Tanuseputro, Peter; Konikoff, Lauren; Gaudreault, Adrienne
- Source
- Subject
- alcohol-related outpatient visits
alcohol access
administrative data
Epidemiology
Mental and Social Health
alcohol
alcohol-related hospitalizations
Medicine and Health Sciences
Clinical Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Substance Abuse and Addiction
Public Health
protocol
- Language
This is a population-based study using health administrative data to capture alcohol-related emergency department and outpatient visits in Ontario, Canada between January 2013 and December 2019. The objective of this study is to examine the association between increased alcohol-retail access and health service use, with a specific focus on whether use differs between individuals with and without a history of problematic alcohol use.