Ghodse A H, Rawson N S
Br J Psychiatry. 1978 May;132:467-72. doi: 10.1192/bjp.132.5.467.
A survey of patients with drug-related problems seen in London casualty departments during the course of one month revealed 1,706 separate incidents. In 477 cases the patients were dependent on drugs, and more than 40 per cent were dealt with by only five hospitals, all in the West End of London. The remaining 1,229 incidents involved nondependent patients who had taken a drug overdose, and these cases were distributed more evenly between hospitals all over the Greater London area. The implications of this study for service planning and for further monitoring of the patterns of drug misuse are discussed.
一项对伦敦急诊部门一个月内接诊的药物相关问题患者的调查显示，共有1706起独立事件。在477例病例中，患者对药物有依赖，其中超过40%仅由伦敦西区的五家医院处理。其余1229起事件涉及非依赖性药物过量服用患者，这些病例在大伦敦地区的医院中分布更为均匀。本文讨论了这项研究对服务规划以及进一步监测药物滥用模式的意义。
