RT Journal Article
T1 The novel use of endemic corridors for addictive behavior surveillance in Spain
A1 Guerra Tort, Carla
A1 Teijeiro, Ana
A1 Santiago Pérez, María Isolina
A1 García, Guadalupe
A1 Martín Gisbert, Lucía
A1 Candal Pedreira, Cristina
A1 Rey Brandariz, Julia
A1 Pérez Ríos, Mónica
K1 Ethanol
K1 Cocaine
K1 Alcohol drinking
K1 Addictive behavior
K1 Complement system proteins
K1 Hypnotics and sedatives
K1 Spain
K1 Cannabis
K1 Morphine derivatives
K1 Marijuana
K1 Drug Usage
K1 Epidemics
K1 Surveillance
K1 Medical
K1 Health care systems
AB To describe the pattern of contacts with the healthcare system associated with drug use in Spain in the years 2022 and 2023. For the period 2016–23, data derived from a registry of activity in specialized care, included in the clinical-administrative database of Spanish hospitals (Registro de Atención Especializada-Conjunto Mínimo Básico de Datos), were extracted. Contacts with the healthcare system associated with alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, morphine derivatives, and sedative-hypnotics use were analyzed. The methodology of endemic corridors was applied for each drug category based on data from 2016–21. The series of contacts in 2022 and 2023 were then represented in the corridors to compare their expected and observed pattern. A total of 193 433 contacts associated with the use of alcohol (90 735), cannabis (39 730), cocaine (23 485), morphine derivatives (4888), and sedative-hypnotics (34 595) were analyzed for the period 2016–23. Of the contacts, 70.3% corresponded to men and 23.4% corresponded to people aged 45–54. The number of contacts increased for all categories of drugs in 2022 and 2023. This increase was reflected in the corridors, where contacts were mainly located in alert zones, and sometimes in epidemic zones. The results of this study show that endemic corridors allow the surveillance of the pattern of contacts with the healthcare system associated with drug use and, indirectly, of drug use itself. This methodology should be further studied as a complement in epidemiological surveillance of addictive behaviors at a population level
PB Oxford Academic
SN 1101-1262
YR 2025
FD 2025-12-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46386
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46386
LA eng
NO Guerra-Tort, C., Teijeiro, A., Santiago-Pérez, M. I., García, G., Martín-Gisbert, L., Candal-Pedreira, C., Rey-Brandariz, J., & Pérez-Ríos, M. (2025). The novel use of endemic corridors for addictive behavior surveillance in Spain. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://10.1093/eurpub/ckaf221
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026