DROPS: An automated web-based system for the reporting of drug related health statistics in NSW

Abstract

The Centre for Drug and Alcohol and the Centre for Epidemiology and Research at the NSW Department of Health have developed a web-based interface that allows access to reports on drug related morbidity and mortality in NSW. This article introduces this system, the Drugs Related Outcomes: Population Surveillance (DROPS), describing its development and how it can be used to access drug-related health statistics for the NSW population.