Opioid‐related ambulance attendances during the first 2 years of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Victoria, Australia
Michael McGrath,
Mark Stare,
Phyllis Chua
et al.
Abstract:Background and AimsPublic health measures introduced to contain the spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus likely affected opioid supply and demand, as well as the patterns and contexts of opioid use. We measured opioid‐related harms during the first 2 years of COVID‐19 restrictions in Victoria, Australia.DesignWe adopted an interrupted time series analysis design using interventional autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models. Opioid‐related ambulance attendance data between January 2015 and March 2022 w… Show more
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