Violence- and alcohol-related acute healthcare visits in Greenland
Aims: The aim of this study was to describe emergency admissions in Greenland’s healthcare system, and the extent to which admissions were associated with alcohol abuse or violence. Furthermore, we aimed to test whether data on emergencies in Greenland could be registered in a reliable way by simple...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1403494812469852 2024-04-28T08:21:08+00:00 Violence- and alcohol-related acute healthcare visits in Greenland Nexøe, Jørgen Wilche, Julie Præst Niclasen, Birgit Kjeldsen, Ann Birkekær Færgemann, Christian Munck, Anders Lauritsen, Jens Martin 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494812469852 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494812469852 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1403494812469852 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Public Health volume 41, issue 2, page 113-118 ISSN 1403-4948 1651-1905 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine journal-article 2012 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494812469852 2024-04-09T08:01:49Z Aims: The aim of this study was to describe emergency admissions in Greenland’s healthcare system, and the extent to which admissions were associated with alcohol abuse or violence. Furthermore, we aimed to test whether data on emergencies in Greenland could be registered in a reliable way by simple means. Methods: Registration of all emergencies presented in 15 out of 17 of Greenland’s health districts in the period 21 May to 7 June 2010. Results: In the 17-day registration period, 2403 emergencies were registered. In 10% of cases the patients were clinically alcohol intoxicated. When reason for presentation were mental or social problems, attempted suicide, accidents, or violence, 24, 50, 15, and 59% respectively were intoxicated. Alcohol intoxication was statistically significantly more often associated with advanced treatment (e.g. evacuation, hospitalisation, or follow up by doctor or nurse). Conclusions: This study confirms that violence- and alcohol-related emergencies put a considerable strain on Greenland’s healthcare system. Due to the short observation period, we have not been able to describe the actual extent of the problem in detail, nor was it possible to estimate whether this problem is more pronounced in Greenland than in other countries, for example Denmark. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland SAGE Publications Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 41 2 113 118 |
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Aims: The aim of this study was to describe emergency admissions in Greenland’s healthcare system, and the extent to which admissions were associated with alcohol abuse or violence. Furthermore, we aimed to test whether data on emergencies in Greenland could be registered in a reliable way by simple means. Methods: Registration of all emergencies presented in 15 out of 17 of Greenland’s health districts in the period 21 May to 7 June 2010. Results: In the 17-day registration period, 2403 emergencies were registered. In 10% of cases the patients were clinically alcohol intoxicated. When reason for presentation were mental or social problems, attempted suicide, accidents, or violence, 24, 50, 15, and 59% respectively were intoxicated. Alcohol intoxication was statistically significantly more often associated with advanced treatment (e.g. evacuation, hospitalisation, or follow up by doctor or nurse). Conclusions: This study confirms that violence- and alcohol-related emergencies put a considerable strain on Greenland’s healthcare system. Due to the short observation period, we have not been able to describe the actual extent of the problem in detail, nor was it possible to estimate whether this problem is more pronounced in Greenland than in other countries, for example Denmark. |
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Nexøe, Jørgen Wilche, Julie Præst Niclasen, Birgit Kjeldsen, Ann Birkekær Færgemann, Christian Munck, Anders Lauritsen, Jens Martin |
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Violence- and alcohol-related acute healthcare visits in Greenland |
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