Socioeconomic and Geographic Disparities in Emergency Department Visits due to Alcohol in Ontario: A Retrospective Population-level Study from 2003 to 2017: Disparités Socio-Économiques et Géographiques Dans les Visites au Service D'urgence en raison de L'alcool en Ontario: Une étude Rétrospective Dans la Population, de 2003 à 2017.
Daniel MyranAmy HsuElizabeth KunkelEmily RhodesHaris ImsirovicPeter TanuseputroPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2021)
Alcohol harms display unique patterns with the highest burden in rural and lower-income populations. Rural-urban and income-based disparities differ by age and sex and have increased over time, which offers an imperative and opportunity for further interventions by clinicians and policy makers.