Validation of a regional drug misuse database: implications for policy and surveillance of problem drug use in the uk: Table 1
Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: The eight regional drug misuse databases constitute the largest investment (about £100 000 each annually) in drugs surveillance in England. Along with databases in Scotland and Wales, they provide the main intelligence on problem drug takers, including monitoring government targets.1 They were established because of the lack of information on clients of drug agencies2 but have attracted criticism for not properly informing policymakers of the extent of drug use and not accurately assessing client volume.3 We performed a study in North Thames to assess the level of underreporting of “episodes” (new clients or clients who reattend after an absence of six months4) to the regional database and the relation between episodes and the number of clients and prevalent drug takers attending agencies in a year.
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Source: BMJ
Authors: Matthew Hickman, Heather Sutcliffe, Arun Sondhi, Gerry V Stimson
Institution: Imperial College London
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1971045786