Opioid dispensing prior to opioid toxicity hospitalizations and emergency department visits in Canada, 2018–2022

• Bisola Hamzat,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Grace Cheung,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto, Ontario,

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• Dean T. Eurich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Jean-Luc Kaboré,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut National d’Excellence en Santé et en Services Sociaux, Québec, Canada

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• Louis de Léséleuc,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canada’s Drug Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Zhaoyu Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Health Informatics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Daniel McCormack,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Houssem Missaoui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut National d’Excellence en Santé et en Services Sociaux, Québec, Canada

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• Jason R. Randall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Dana Shearer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• David Stock,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canada’s Drug Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Tara Gomes

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Tara.Gomes@unityhealth.to

  Affiliations Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-1965

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