Table 2.
Health and social intervention indicators for people who use opioids and people who inject drugs being used at European Union level
| Intervention | Indicators | Countries, out of 30, reporting in 2011–2015a | Data type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision | ||||
| Drug treatment (total) | All clients | 30 | Counts | – |
| OAT | All clients, by OAT medication | 30, 30 | Counts | Legal framework/providers |
| NSP | Syringes provided, clients, contacts, fixed sites, outreach sites | 25, 19, 20, 28, 26 | Counts | Estimated reporting coverage (%), NUTS2/3 levelb |
| Coverage | ||||
| OAT | OAT clients divided by the estimated number of opioid users (Fig. 1) | 20 | % | Confidence intervals, estimation methods |
| NSP | Syringes provided divided by the estimated number of PWID (Fig. 2) | 14 | % | Confidence intervals, estimation methods |
Available at http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/data/stats2016
aYear of reporting data to EMCDDA–the actual study year (year of primary data collection) is mostly 1 year earlier
bNomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics