An evaluation of an intervention to assist primary care physicians in screening and educating older patients who use alcohol

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1937-1943

  Fink, Arlene ^a,c   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Tsai, Mark ^a   Beck, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol education; Alcohol screening; Elderly; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 29244489067     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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