The National Ambulance Surveillance System: A novel method for monitoring acute alcohol, illicit and pharmaceutical drug related-harms using coded Australian ambulance clinical records.

The National Ambulance Surveillance System: A novel method for monitoring acute alcohol, illicit and pharmaceutical drug related-harms using coded Australian ambulance clinical records.

Although harmful consumption of alcohol and other drugs (both illicit and pharmaceutical) significantly contribute to global burden of disease, not all harms are captured within existing morbidity data sources. Indeed, harms occurring in the community may be missed or under-reported. This paper desc...

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Main Authors: Dan I Lubman, Sharon Matthews, Cherie Heilbronn, Jessica J Killian, Rowan P Ogeil, Belinda Lloyd, Katrina Witt, Rose Crossin, Karen Smith, Emma Bosley, Rosemary Carney, Alex Wilson, Matthew Eastham, Toby Keene, Carol Shipp, Debbie Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228316

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