Socio-economic inequities in emergency department visits for wholly alcohol-attributable acute and chronic harms in Canada, 2003-2017.
Claire BennyErin HobinAlessandra T AndreacchiNaomi SchwartzBrendan T SmithPublished in: Drug and alcohol review (2024)
The findings indicated lower SEP was associated with greater harms for both acute and chronic wholly alcohol-attributable ED visits when compared to their higher SEP counterparts. We conclude that gradients in SEP are associated with acute and chronic harms. These results highlight a need for equitable interventions that reduce the absolute burden of inequities in both acute and chronic wholly alcohol-attributable ED visits.