Defining Cannabis Use Disorder in Administrative Health Data: A Systematic Review of Case Definitions and Validation Approaches

Key Points

• The aim is to analyze existing case definitions for cannabis use disorder in health data and assess their validation.
• Conducted a systematic review of case definitions for cannabis use disorder in administrative health data.
• Evaluated the validation approaches used for these definitions across studies.
• Analyzed the consistency and transparency of the case definitions.
• Identified significant variation in case definitions for cannabis use disorder.
• Found that many case definitions lack empirical validation.
• Highlighted the necessity for standardized case definitions to improve cannabis epidemiology.

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