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SUBMITTER: Bernardino VL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4932856 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bernardino Vera L VL Baird Janette R JR Liu Tao T Merchant Roland C RC
Rhode Island medical journal (2013) 20140401 4
<h4>Objectives</h4>Compare the prevalence of recent alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among patients from two Rhode Island emergency departments (EDs) to Rhode Island state and United States national general population estimates between 2010 and 2012.<h4>Methods</h4>Secondary analysis of ED patient data and the National Survey of Drug Use and Health.<h4>Results</h4>Alcohol was the most commonly reported substance, and prevalence of its use was higher among ED patients than those in the national, bu ...[more]