Alcohol use disorders among surgical patients: Unplanned 30-days readmissions, length of hospital stay, excessive costs and mortality

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-61

  Gili Miner, Miguel ^a,b   Béjar Prado, Luis ^b   Gili Ortiz, Enrique ^a   Ramírez Ramírez, Gloria ^a,b   López Méndez, Julio ^a,b   López Millán, José Manuel ^a   Sharp, Brett ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Excessive costs; Mortality; Prolonged hospital stay; Unplanned hospital readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNPLANNED HOSPITAL READMISSION; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRENDS;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84896070850     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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