Substance Use Disorder Among Older Adults: typologies, pathways and health outcomes

The overall purpose of the project is to contribute to our understanding of substance use disorder as heterogeneous, multifaceted process among older persons, and to identify the interventions for older persons. Specifically, by utilizing various Swedish register databases, it aims to identify typologies, pathways and health outcomes of substance use among individuals with the age of 50 years and older at their first assessment for substance use disorder. Another goal of the study is identifying the services provided to these individuals and their effects on the health outcomes.