Caulkins J P
Carnegie Mellon University, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2001 Sep;91(9):1446-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.91.9.1446.
In this report, the author illustrates the historic relation between retail drug prices and emergency department mentions for cocaine and heroin.
Price series based on the Drug Enforcement Administration's System to Retrieve Information From Drug Evidence database were correlated with data on emergency department mentions from the DrugAbuse Warning Network for cocaine (1978-1996) and heroin (1981-1996).
A simple model in which emergency department mentions are driven by only prices explains more than 95% of the variation in emergency department mentions.
Fluctuations in prices are an important determinant of adverse health outcomes associated with drugs.
在本报告中,作者阐述了零售药品价格与急诊科可卡因和海洛因提及量之间的历史关系。
基于美国缉毒局从毒品证据数据库检索信息系统的价格序列,与来自药物滥用预警网络的急诊科可卡因(1978 - 1996年)和海洛因(1981 - 1996年)提及量数据进行关联。
一个仅由价格驱动急诊科提及量的简单模型解释了急诊科提及量变化的95%以上。
价格波动是与药物相关的不良健康结果的重要决定因素。