Australia Day 2016: Alcohol-related presentations to emergency departments

Egerton-Warburton, D. and Gosbell, A. and Wadsworth, A. and Fatovich, D. and Richardson, D. 2017. Australia Day 2016: Alcohol-related presentations to emergency departments. Medical Journal of Australia. 206 (1).

Source Title

Medical Journal of Australia

DOI

10.5694/mja16.01038

ISSN

0025-729X

School

National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51197

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Australia Day, a national day for commemoration and reflection, has also become associated with high levels of risky drinking. It has been described as “our national day to get drunk and nasty”. Some state-based data indicate that the number of presentations to emergency departments (EDs) related to alcohol use increases on Australia Day, but this has not been quantified at the national level.