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A Alvarez-Requejo1, J M Suelves, M T Brugal
1Department of Health and Welfare, Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain. ana.alvarez@csbs.jcyl.es
Abstract:
The Spanish Information System on Drug Abuse (SEIT) was established in 1987 by the National Plan on Drugs, based on three indirect indicators that reflect the health effects of drug use: treatment, emergency and mortality. The treatment indicator is the core of the system, the one with the best consolidation, higher coverage and greater quantity of reliable data accumulated. The configuration of the system has a regional basis (Autonomous Communities), which strongly influences its potentialities, operation, results, strengths and limitations. Only outpatient treatment admissions, reported by ambulatory treatment centres and prison units, are recorded. Double counting is eliminated at the regional level. Over a decade of existence, the SEIT, and mainly its treatment indicator, has proven to be an excellent tool for public health action, planning and decision making, as well as for research and co-operation between regions.
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