Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs
SCS use had little impact on objectively measured acute care utilization, which was high overall. Although preventing overdose mortality is the primary goal of SCS in Canada, resourcing sites to support their clients' acute healthcare needs may help build a continuum of care for people experiencing marginalization who inject drugs.
Authors
- Zachary Bouck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3145-1915)
- Ayden I. Scheim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-9829)
- Vicki Ling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-4709)
- Zoë R. Greenwald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7942-3951)
- Matt Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5848-3621)
- Tara Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-1965)
- Dan Werb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0614-9386)
- Shaun Hopkins
- Ahmed Mohamed Bayoumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-2828)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Toronto Public Health (CA)
- Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (CA)
- Regent Park Community Health Centre (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112490
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation
- St. Michael's Hospital Foundation
- University of Toronto
- Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research