At-risk drinking and outpatient healthcare expenditures in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 325-328

  Yan, Tingjian ^a   Xu, Haiyong ^b   Ettner, Susan L ^b   Barnes, Andrew J ^c   Moore, Alison A ^d  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; at risk drinking; healthcare expenditures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL USE; AT-RISK DRINKING; HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894070076     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12636     Document Type: Article

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