Does moderate alcohol use affect health-care costs? A propensity analysis of female health-care workers

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 612-620

  McMillan, Garnett P ^a   Lapham, Sandra C ^a  

^a Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Moderate alcohol use; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HORMONE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PARTIAL AGONIST; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG COST; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 2342434740     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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