Cost-effectiveness of screening for unhealthy alcohol use with %carbohydrate deficient transferrin: Results from a literature-based decision analytic computer model

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1440-1449

  Kapoor, Alok ^a,d   Kraemer, Kevin L ^b   Smith, Kenneth J ^b   Roberts, Mark S ^b   Saitz, Richard ^a,c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Use; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferring; Primary Care

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149144265     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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