Enabling evidence-informed policy to address Australia's opioid crisis

在过去十年中，澳大利亚与阿片类药物有关的死亡率几乎翻了一番。最近，一系列州和国家政策的变化，以解决越来越多的阿片类药物相关的死亡，但这些政策变化的证据是相互矛盾的。这项研究将使用全科医生的处方数据与医院数据相结合，以了解澳大利亚三种政策干预措施对阿片类药物处方和阿片类药物相关危害的影响。

Australia has seen a near doubling of opioid-related mortality in the past decade. Recently, a range of state and national policy changes have been made to address the growing number of opioid-related deaths, yet the evidence for these kinds of policy changes is conflicting. This study will use prescribing data from general practice in combination with hospital data to understand the impact of three types of Australian policy interventions on opioid prescribing and opioid-related harm.