Identifying injection drug use and estimating population size of people who inject drugs using healthcare administrative datasets

N. Z. JANJUA ; N. ISLAM ; M. KUO ; A. YU ; S. WONG ; Z. A. BUTT ; M. GILBERT ; J. BUXTON ; N. CHAPINAL ; H. SAMJI ; M. CHONG ; M. ALVAREZ ; J. WONG ; M. W. TYNDALL ; M. KRAJDEN | 2018
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.55, May 2018) Article : Périodique

Background: Large linked healthcare administrative datasets could be used to monitor programs providing prevention and treatment services to people who inject drugs (PWID). However, diagnostic codes in administrative datasets do not differentiat[...]

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What is killing people with hepatitis C virus infection? Analysis of a population-based cohort in Canada

M. KRAJDEN ; D. A. COOK ; S. WONG ; A. YU ; Z. A. BUTT ; C. ROSSI ; M. DARVISHIAN ; M. ALVAREZ ; J. A. BUXTON ; M. TYNDALL ; N. Z. JANJUA | 2019
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.72, October 2019) Article : Périodique

Background: Persons with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are at risk of mortality from both chronic liver disease and HCV acquisition risk activities. We compared causes of death among HCV positive and negative individuals to characterize cont[...]

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