Prevention for college students who suffer alcohol-induced blackouts could deter high-cost emergency department visits

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 863-870

  Mundt, Marlon P ^a   Zakletskaia, Larissa I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862500718     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1140     Document Type: Article

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