Alcohol Consumption and Utilization of Health Services in a Health Maintenance Organization

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1599-1605

  Armstrong, Mary Anne ^a   Midanik, Lorraine T ^a,b   Klatsky, Arthur L ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Outpatient clinics; Risk; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032214111     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199811000-00009     Document Type: Article

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