Alcohol-Related Hospitalizations of Elderly People: Prevalence and Geographic Variation in the United States

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1222-1225

  Adams, Wendy L ^a   Yuan, Zhong ^a   Barboriak, Joseph J ^a   Rimm, Alfred A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0027249905     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510100072035     Document Type: Article

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