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Article de Périodique
Drug prices and emergency department mentions for cocaine and heroin (2001)
(Prix des drogues et signalement de problèmes liés à la cocaïne et l'héroïne aux services d'urgence)
Auteur(s) :
CAULKINS, J. P.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
1446-1448
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
19
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
HEROINE
;
PRIX
;
DEMANDE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
URGENCE
;
COMPARAISON
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2001, 91, (9), 1446-1448
Résumé :
Objectives. In this report, the author illustrates the historic relation between retail drug prices and emergency department mentions for cocaine and heroin. Methods. Price series based on the Drug Enforcement Administration's system to retrieve information from drug evidence database were correlated with data on emergency department mentions from the Drug Abuse Warning Network for cocaine (1978-1996) and heroin (1981-1996). Results. A simple model in which emergency department mentions are driven by only prices explains more than 95% of the variation in emergency department mentions. Conclusions. Fluctuations in prices are an important determinant of adverse health outcomes associated with drugs.
Affiliation :
RAND Drug Policy Rsch Cter, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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