Estimating the Prevalence of Crack Dependence Using Capture-Recapture With Institutional and Field Data: A Three-City Study in the Netherlands
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2013
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Oteo Perez, A
Cruyff, Maarten
Benschop, A
Korf, D.J.
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The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of crack dependence in the three largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague), stratified by gender and age. Three-sample capture-recapture, using data (collected between 2009 and 2011) from low threshold substitution treatment (n = 1,764), user rooms (n = 546), and a respondent-driven sample (n = 549), and applying log-linear modeling (covariates: gender, age, and city), provided a prevalence rate of 0.51% (95% CI: 0.46%–0.60%) for the population aged 15–64 years, with similar estimates for the three cities. Females (23.0% of total estimate) and younger crack users (12.8% aged
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capture-recapture, crack dependence, prevalence, gender, respondent-driven sampling, mark-recapture, problemdrug users
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Oteo Perez, A, Cruyff, M J L F, Benschop, A & Korf, D J 2013, 'Estimating the Prevalence of Crack Dependence Using Capture-Recapture With Institutional and Field Data: A Three-City Study in the Netherlands', Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 48, no. 1-2, pp. 173-180. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2012.748073