Resource use of elderly emergency department patients with alcohol-related diagnoses

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-319

  Saleh, Shadi S ^a   Szebenyi, Steve E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b Foundation for Healthy Living   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Emergency department; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELLAGRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 28244445431     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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