A Trip to the Emergency Room: Substance use among emergency room patients in the Netherlands; prevalence rates and methodological considerations

Alcohol and illicit drug use have adverse health effects and also influence health as a result of intentional and unintentional accidents. International emergency room studies show that substance use and injuries are related. Despite this, emergency room studies on alcohol and illicit drug use in the Netherlands do not provide recent and complete data. Therefore, the focus of this thesis will be twofold. First, methodological aspects of assessing substance use among emergency room populations are studied. Second, this study provides recent data on substance use prevalence rates and patient cha... Mehr ...