Screening for alcohol use disorders among medical outpatients: The influence of individual and facility characteristics

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1521-1526

  Desai, Mayur M ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b   Craig, Thomas J ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 23344445009     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.8.1521     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: 10th Special Report to the US Congress on Alcohol and Health: Highlights From Current Research. Rockville, Md, NIAAA, 2000
2. McGinnis JM, Foege WH: Mortality and morbidity attributable to use of addictive substances in the United States. Proc Assoc Am Physicians 1999; 111:109-118
3. Harwood H: Updating Estimates of the Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse in the United States: Estimates, Update Methods, and Data. Rockville, Md, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2000
4. Whitlock EP, Polen MR, Green CA, Orleans T, Klein J: Behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use by adults: a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2004; 140:557-568
5. Reid MC, Fiellin DA, O'Connor PG: Hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in primary care. Arch Intern Med 1999; 159:1681-1689
6. Fiellin DA, Reid MC, O'Connor PG: New therapies for alcohol problems: application to primary care. Am J Med 2000; 108:227-237
7. US Preventive Services Task Force: Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2004; 140:554-556
8. Beich A, Thorsen T, Rollnick S: Screening in brief intervention trials targeting excessive drinkers in general practice: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2003; 327:536-542
9. Veterans Health Administration: FY 2001 VHA Performance Measurement System Technical Manual. Washington, DC, VHA, 2001
10. Walter LC, Davidowitz NP, Heineken PA, Covinsky KE: Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure. JAMA 2004; 291:2466-2470
11. Halpern J: The measurement of quality of care in the Veterans Health Administration. Med Care 1996; 34(3 suppl):MS55-MS68
12. Jha AK, Perlin JB, Kizer KW, Dudley RA: Effect of the transformation of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System on the quality of care. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:2218-2227
13. Hoff RA, Rosenheck RA: Cross-system service use among psychiatric patients: data from the Department of Veterans Affairs. J Behav Health Serv Res 2000; 27:98-106
14. Deyo RA, Gherkin DC, Ciol MA: Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases. J Clin Epidemiol 1992; 45:613-619
15. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, MacKenzie CR: A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis 1987; 40:373-383
16. Leslie DL, Rosenheck R: The effect of institutional fiscal stress on the use of atypical antipsychotic medications in the treatment of schizophrenia. J Nerv Ment Dis 2001; 189:377-383
17. Rosenheck R, DiLella D: Department of Veterans Affairs National Mental Health Program Performance Monitoring System: Fiscal Year 1999 Report. West Haven, Conn, Northeast Program Evaluation Center, 2000
18. Desai MM, Rosenheck RA, Druss BG, Perlin JB: Mental disorders and quality of diabetes care in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Psychiatry 2002; 159:1584-1590
19. Liang K-Y, Zeger SL: Regression analysis for correlated data. Annu Rev Public Health 1993; 14:43-68
20. Valenstein M, Vijan S, Zeber JE, Boehm K, Buttar A: The cost-utility of screening for depression in primary care. Ann Intern Med 2001; 134:345-360
21. Mertens JR, Lu YW, Parthasarathy S, Moore C, Weisner CM: Medical and psychiatric conditions of alcohol and drug treatment patients in an HMO: comparison with matched controls. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:2511-2517
22. Bucholz KK: Nosology and epidemiology of addictive disorders and their comorbidity. Psychiatr Clin North Am 1999; 22:221-240
23. Klinkman MS: Competing demands in psychosocial care: a model for the identification and treatment of depressive disorders in primary care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1997; 19:98-111
24. Rost K, Nutting P, Smith J, Coyne JC, Cooper-Patrick L, Rubenstein L: The role of competing demands in the treatment provided primary care patients with major depression. Arch Fam Med 2000; 9:150-154
25. Burns RB, Freund KM, Ash A, Shwartz M, Antab L, Hall R: Who gets repeat screening mammography: the role of the physician. J Gen Intern Med 1995; 10:520-522
26. Burns RB, Freund KM, Ash AS, Shwartz M, Antab L, Hall R: As mammography use increases, are some providers omitting clinical breast examination? Arch Intern Med 1996; 156:741-744
27. Linn LS, Yager J: Factors associated with physician recognition and treatment of alcoholism. West J Med 1989; 150:468-472
28. Bradley KA, Curry SJ, Koepsell TD, Larson EB: Primary and secondary prevention of alcohol problems: US internist attitudes and practices. J Gen Intern Med 1995; 10:67-72
29. Spandorfer JM, Israel Y, Turner BJ: Primary care physicians' views on screening and management of alcohol abuse: inconsistencies with national guidelines. J Fam Pract 1999; 48:899-902
30. Ewing JA: Detecting alcoholism: the CAGE questionnaire. JAMA 1984; 252:1905-1907
31. Bradley KA, Bush KR, McDonell MB, Malone T, Fihn SD (Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project): Screening for problem drinking: comparison of CAGE and AUDIT. J Gen Intern Med 1998; 13:379-388
32. Fiellin DA, Reid MC, O'Connor PG: Screening for alcohol problems in primary care: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med 2000; 160:1977-1989
33. Bradley KA, Bush KR, Epler AJ, Dobie DJ, Davis TM, Sporleder JL, Maynard C, Burman ML, Kivlahan DR: Two brief alcohol-screening tests from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): validation in a female Veterans Affairs patient population. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:821-829
34. Wutzke SE, Shiell A, Gomel MK, Conigrave KM: Cost effectiveness of brief interventions for reducing alcohol consumption. Soc Sci Med 2001; 52:863-870
35. Fleming MF, Mundt MP, French MT, Manwell LB, Stauffacher EA, Barry KL: Brief physician advice for problem drinkers: long-term efficacy and benefit-cost analysis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002; 26:36-43