We validate that the 28 days after hospital-discharge are high-risk for drugs-related death
(DRD) among drug users in Scotland and investigate key risk-factors for DRDs soon after …

Aims To investigate the relationship between time after hospital discharge and drug‐related
death (DRD) and suicide among drug users in S cotland, while controlling for potential …

BACKGROUND: We examine major causes of death amongst persons in contact with drug-
treatment services across Scotland during April 1996–March 2006, hereafter Scottish Drug …

Aims:(1) To identify all causes of death in a cohort of known problematic drug users;(2) to
quantify the number considered drug‐related in accordance with the UK Drug Strategy …

BACKGROUND: Drug users who are leaving/completing inpatient medication-free treatment
may, like drug users released from prison, have an elevated risk of dying from fatal …

Aims: To perform a systematic review of observational studies on the epidemiology of drug-
related death (DRD) in patients requiring hospitalisation or while hospitalised (hospital …

BACKGROUND: The study examines the age at which drug users die and ascertains
whether there is a significant difference in the causes of death ('drug related'versus 'non …

This article summarises different approaches to defining what constitutes a drug‐related
death (DRDs) and how they can be classified. DRDs usually fall into two broad …

Drug-related deaths have increased significantly in Scotland in recent years, with a much
greater percentage increase in deaths among women than among men. We undertook a …

Methods and Results As most cases had died, the Regional Drug Misuse Databases
(RDMDs) 4 5 were used to develop retrospective case (and control) histories on …