From pubs to scrubs: Alcohol misuse and health care use

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1480-1503

  Balsa, Ana I ^b   French, Michael T ^a   MacLean, Johanna Catherine ^c   Norton, Edward C ^d  

^a Health Economics Research Group   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; First difference estimation; Health care use; Problem drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749117545     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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