Annual rescreening for alcohol misuse: Diminishing returns for some patient subgroups

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 914-921

  Lapham, Gwen T ^a,b,c   Rubinsky, Anna D ^a,b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b,c   Williams, Emily C ^a,b   Hawkins, Eric J ^a,d,e   Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,d,e   Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE)   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholism and addictive behaviors; public health; screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESCREENING;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84884813280     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a3e549     Document Type: Article

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