Alcohol counseling reflects higher quality of primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1482-1486

  Saitz, Richard ^a,b   Horton, Nicholas J ^c   Cheng, Debbie M ^a,b   Samet, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Counseling; Quality of primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY CARE ASSESSMENT SURVEY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 50049108136     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0574-4     Document Type: Article

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