Modelling the costs and outcomes of changing rates of screening for alcohol misuse by GPs in the Australian context

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Shanahan, Marian ^a   Shakeshaft, Anthony ^a   Mattick, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 34347240918     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200605030-00002     Document Type: Article

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