A drug misuser prevalence study in a rural English district

被引：13

作者：

Brugha, RF

Swan, AV

Hayhurst, GK

Fallon, MP

机构：

[1] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, London WC1E 7HT, England

[2] PHLS, Publ Hlth Lab, Serv Stat Unit, London, England

[3] S Cheshire Hlth Author, Dept Publ Hlth, Chester, Cheshire, England

[4] Ctr Hlth, Winsford, England

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 1998年 / 8卷 / 01期

关键词：

drug misuse; capture-recapture; prevalence; general practice;

D O I：

10.1093/eurpub/8.1.34

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

A capture-recapture method was used to estimate the total prevalence of drug (opiates, amphetamines or cocaine) misusers in a rural English district. Unique identifying information on known misusers was obtained from four agencies, including general practitioners, in contact with them. Log-linear modelling produced a complex model, suggesting that the 518 known misusers represented 47% of the estimated true number, giving an estimated prevalence of 2.5 per 1,000 population (CL: 1.6-9.4). This method may not provide precise estimates of misuser population sizes and should be used in conjunction with other methods for estimating need.

引用

页码：34 / 36

页数：3

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