Psychoactive substances and previous hospital admissions, triage and length of stay in rural injuries: a prospective observational study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe Norwegian Regional Ethics Committee approved the study protocol (2014/2033/REK south-east A) according to regulations and requirements. Verbal and written information was supplied prior to any consent being offered by the patient. Adhering to relevant ethical and research guidelines, patient identity was protected using a study code linked only to the patient’s identification. No data was registered in patient records or made available outside the study group. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by UiT The Arctic University of Norway (incl University Hospital of North Norway) This project received funding for data acquisition from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of a larger study exploring relationships between injuries and the use of alcohol, illicit, and psychoactive medicinal drugs in the Barents region through the Norwegian health department’s project “Surveillance of alcohol and drug related traffic injuries in Murmansk Oblast and Finnmark county”. Finnmark Hospital Trust has facilitated data acquisition through support by emergency department nurses and laboratory services, and funded part of the statistical analysis via research grants. Blood samples were analysed by the Department of Forensic Sciences at Oslo University Hospital, formerly the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. This department has also supported statistical analysis through research grants and a Ph.d. grant to Thomas Wilson."