BACKGROUND: Alcohol use causes a large burden on the health of Canadians, and
alcohol-related harms appear to be increasing in many high-income countries. We sought to …

Objective: While the overall health system burden of alcohol is large and increasing in
Canada, little is known about how this burden differs by sociodemographic factors. The …

Background Acute alcohol consumption and chronic alcohol consumption increase the
burden placed on emergency departments (ED s) by contributing to injury and disease …

Background and aims The availability of alcohol through retail outlets is associated with
alcohol‐related harms, but few studies have demonstrated a causal relationship. We …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to update trends in alcohol-and drug-related
emergency department and primary care visits over the last 15 years in the United States …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the risk of death among people who visit emergency
departments frequently for alcohol-related reasons, including whether mortality risk …

Aims Alcohol intoxication is a source of significant illness and injury commonly resulting in
emergency department (ED) visits. We characterize recent trends in alcohol-related visits to …

Objective: To examine the population and geographic patterns, patient characteristics, and
clinical presentations and outcomes of alcohol‐related ED visits at a national level. Methods …

Objective: Although injured patients in the emergency department (ED) report more frequent
use of the ED compared with the general population, and alcohol-related admissions and …

Objective. To analyze the relationships between alcohol misuse and two types of acute
health care use—hospital admissions and emergency room (ER) episodes. Data …