Date de publication
Géographie
Langue de la ressource
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Open Access / OK to Reproduce
Évalué par des pairs
L’objectif
To investigate the association of British Columbia’s Safer Opioid Supply policy with opioid prescribing and opioid-related health outcomes.
Constatations/points à retenir
The Safer Opioid Supply policy was associated with statistically significant increases in rates of opioid prescriptions and claimants. There was no significant change in prescribers. However, the opioid-related poisoning hospitalization rate increased by 3.2 per 100 000 population after policy implementation. There were no statistically significant changes in deaths from apparent opioid toxicity.
La conception ou méthodologie de recherche
This cohort study used quarterly province-level data from quarter 1 of 2016 (January 1, 2016) to quarter 1 of 2022 (March 31, 2022), from British Columbia, where the Safer Opioid Supply policy was implemented, and Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where the policy was not implemented (comparison provinces).
