ArticleBMC health services research2014
A cross-sectional study describing factors associated with utilisation of GP services by a cohort of people who inject drugs.
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- Barriers and facilitators to primary care engagement for people who inject drugs: A systematic review.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2023Pooled it
- Frequency of health-care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Pooled it
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- Prevalence and incidence of emergency department presentations and hospital separations with injecting-related infections in a longitudinal cohort of people who inject drugs.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Time-to-hepatitis C treatment initiation among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Is use of opioid agonist treatment associated with broader primary healthcare use among men with recent injecting drug use histories following release from prison? A prospective cohort study.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Mortality in the SuperMIX cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: a prospective observational study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Observational
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- Progress Towards Elimination of Hepatitis C Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs in Australia: The ETHOS Engage Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Observational
- "Health Is on the Back Burner:" Multilevel Barriers and Facilitators to Primary Care Among People Who Inject Drugs.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Article
- Impact of comprehensive care on health care use among a cohort of marginalized people living with hepatitis C in Toronto.Canadian liver journal · 2020Article
- A prospective cohort study of hospital separations among people who inject drugs in Australia: 2008-2013.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Access Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Coinfected People Who Inject Drugs in Guangzhou, China: Implications for HCV Treatment Expansion.Open forum infectious diseases · 2016Article
- Mortality in the Melbourne injecting drug user cohort study (MIX).Harm reduction journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople who inject drugs (PWID) use healthcare services, including primary care, at a disproportionately high rate. We investigated key correlates of general practitioner (GP) related service utilisation within a cohort of PWID.
methodsUsing baseline data from a cohort of 645 community-recruited PWID based in Melbourne, Victoria, we conducted a secondary analysis of associations between past month use of GP services unrelated to opioid substitution therapy (OST) and socio-demographic and drug use characteristics and self-reported health using multivariate logistic regression.
resultsJust under one-third (29%) of PWID had accessed GP services in the month prior to being surveyed. Participants who reported living with children (adjusted odds ratio, AOR 1.97, 95% CI 1.04 - 3.73) or having had contact with a social worker in the past month (AOR 1.92, 95% CI 1.24 - 2.98) were more likely to have seen a GP in the past month. Participants who were injecting daily or more frequently (AOR 0.50, 95% CI 0.30 - 0.83) or had a weekly income of less than $400 (AOR 0.59, 95% CI 0.38 - 0.91) were less likely to report having seen a GP in the past month.
conclusionsOur sample frequently attended GP services for health needs unrelated to OST. Findings highlight both the characteristics of PWID accessing GP services and also those potentially missing out on primary care and preventive services.
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