Using the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test to predict substance-related hospitalisation after release from prison: A cohort study

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The authors acknowledge the contribution of the participants of the health after release from prison (HARP) study, as well as the support for the study and corrections data provided by the West Australian Department of Justice and Queensland Corrective Services. All views and opinions expressed are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the government departments who supported the research. Any errors of omission or commission are the sole responsibility of the authors. We thank the staff at the West Australian Data Linkage Branch and the data custodians of the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection, the Emergency Department Data Collection, as well as the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for assistance with data linkage. Participants provided informed consent in writing. Ethics approval for this study was obtained from The University of Western Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee (RA/4/20/6492), the University of Queensland & apos;s Behavioural and Social Sciences Ethical Review Committee, the Queensland Health Human Research Ethics Committee, the West Australian Department of Health Human Research Ethics Committee (2017/01), the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee (EO2016/4/281) and the West Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee (Reference number: 370). Research approval was obtained from the Queensland Corrective Services Research Committee and the West Australian Department of Justice's Research Application and Advisory Committee. Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Western Australia, as part of the Wiley - The University of Western Australia agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.