The effect of alcoholism treatment on medical care use

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-402

  Keine, Robert L ^a,b   Wall, Melante ^b   Potthoff, Sandra ^c   Stromberg, Kurt ^b   Yu, Dai ^b   Meyer, Zachary J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d JCIGNA Behavioral Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cost offset; Managed care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142768899     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000118865.63346.23     Document Type: Article

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