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Table 1 Drug consumption site summary statistics at an SCS site in Calgary, Canada

From: Supervised consumption site enables cost savings by avoiding emergency services: a cost analysis study

Population outcomes

2017*1

2018

2019

2020*2

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Number of unique clients

540

7970

12,645

1270

Total number of visits

2551

(100)

51,791

(100)

69,028

(100)

6623

(100)

Visits used for drug consumption (NDC)

2108

(83)

42,386

(82)

58,629

(85)

5994

(91)

Visits for referrals to other services

70

(3)

329

(1)

1969

(3)

153

(2)

Total overdoses (ODs)

55

(100)

716

(100)

727

(100)

47

(100)

ODs provided oxygen

35

(64)

543

(76)

714

(98)

46

(98)

ODs provided naloxone

20

(36)

338

(47)

312

(43)

13

(28)

OD EMS (TOD)

6

(11)

51

(7)

29

(4)

1

(2)

OD EMS averted (TODA)

49

(89)

665

(93)

698

(96)

46

(98)

  1. 2017*1, November and December data
  2. 2020*2, January data