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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2021

Commentary: The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not a Good Time to Weaken Restrictions on Alcohol Availability.

Shannon Lange, Jürgen Rehm

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. COVID-19 and a Window into Healthcare Providers' Resiliency.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shannon LangeIndependent Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON.
Jürgen RehmSenior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol use is well established globally as one of the major risk factors for burden of disease and mortality. Although it is not yet clear how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the overall level of alcohol use in Canada, we do know that various levels of government have promoted its use - either by designating it essential or by increasing its availability. Such actions may have both an immediate and sustained impact on alcohol-related harm in Canada. We encourage all levels of government to support and prioritize the development and implementation of an evidence-informed framework for both alcohol policy and service delivery to reduce alcohol-related harms during the current pandemic and beyond.

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COVID-19PandemicsCanadaHumansLeadershipSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34129476
PMCPMC8200833

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