Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 313-319 , December 2005

Resource use of elderly emergency department patients with alcohol-related diagnoses

  • Shadi S. Saleh, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 518 402 0299; fax: +1 518 402 0414
    • ,
  • Steve E. Szebenyi, M.D., M.M.M.

      Affiliations

    • Foundation for Health Living, 30 Century Hill Drive, Latham, NY 12110, USA

Received 4 March 2005 ,Revised 10 August 2005 ,Accepted 23 August 2005.

References 

  1. Adams WL, Magruder-Habib K, Trued S, et al. Alcohol abuse in elderly emergency department patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1992;40:1236–1240
  2. Adams WL, Yuan Z, Barboriak JJ, et al. Alcohol-related hospitalizations of elderly people. Prevalence and geographic variation in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1993;270:1222–1225
  3. Baird M, Burge S, Grant W. A scheme for determining the prevalence of alcoholism in hospitalized patients. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 1989;13:782–785
  4. Barnes GM. Alcohol use among older persons: Findings from a western New York State general population survey. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1979;27:244–250
  5. Cherpitel CJ. Prediction of alcohol-related casualties: A comparison of two emergency room populations. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 1989;24:195–203
  6. Curtis JR, Geller C, Stokes EJ, et al. Characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment of alcoholism in elderly patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1989;37:310–316
  7. Elixhauser A, Steiner C, Harris DR, et al. Comorbidity measures for use with administrative data. Medical Care. 1998;36:8–27
  8. Fleming M, Manwell L. Brief intervention in primary care settings: A primary treatment method for at-risk, problem, and dependent drinkers. Alcohol Research & Health. 1999;23:128
  9. Ganry O, Joly JP, Queval MP, et al. Prevalence of alcohol problems among elderly patients in a university hospital. Addiction. 2000;95:107–113
  10. Garnick D, Hendricks AM, Comstock C, et al. Do individuals with substance abuse diagnoses incur higher charges than individuals with other chronic conditions. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 1997;14:457–465
  11. Garnick D, Hodgkin D, Horgan C. Selecting data sources for substance abuse services research. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2002;22:11–22
  12. Healthcare Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001, September;
  13. Jonas H, Dietze P, Rumbold G, et al. Associations between alcohol related hospital admissions and alcohol consumption in Victoria: Influence of socio-demographic factors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 1999;23:272–279
  14. Moore RD, Bone LR, Geller G, et al. Prevalence, detection and treatment of alcoholism in hospitalized patients. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1989;261:403–407
  15. Muller A. Alcohol consumption and community hospital admissions in the United States: A dynamic regression analysis, 1950–1992. Addiction. 1996;91:231–242
  16. National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism . Alcohol Alert No. 27: Alcohol–medication interactions. Bethesda, MD: The Institute; 1995;
  17. O'Farrell A, Allwright S, Downey J, et al. The burden of alcohol misuse on emergency in-patient hospital admissions among residents from a health board region in Ireland. Addiction. 2004;99:1279–1285
  18. Onen SH, Onen F, Mangeon JP, et al. Alcohol abuse and dependence in elderly emergency department patients. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2005;41:191–200
  19. Piette JD, Barnett PG, Moos RH. First-time admissions with alcohol-related medical problems: A 10-year follow-up of a national sample of alcoholic patients. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 1998;59:89–96
  20. Redmond AD, Richards S, Plunkett PK. The significance of random breath alcohol sampling in the accident and emergency department. Alcohol. 1987;22:341–343
  21. Rund DA, Summers WK, Levin M. Alcohol use and psychiatric illness in emergency patients. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1981;245:1240–1241
  22. SAS Version 8.2. Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc.
  23. Smart RG, Liban CB. Predictors of problem drinking among elderly, middle-aged and youthful drinkers. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 1981;13:153–163
  24. Smothers BA, Yahr HT, Ruhl CE. Detection of alcohol use disorders in general hospital admissions in the United States. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004;164:749–756
  25. Smothers BA, Yahr HT, Sinclair MD. Prevalence of current DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in short-stay, general hospital admissions, United States, 1994. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003;163:713–719
  26. Solomon J, Vanga N, Morgan JO, et al. Emergency-room physicians' recognition of alcohol misuse. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 1980;41:583–586
  27. Stinson FS, Dufour MC, Bertolucci D. Alcohol-related morbidity in the aging population. Alcohol Health and Research World. 1989;13:80–87
  28. Tabisz E, Badger M, Meatherall R, et al. Identification of chemical abuse in the elderly admitted to emergency. Clinical Gerontology. 1991;11:27–39
  29. Wechsler H, Kasey EH, Thum D, et al. Alcohol level and home accidents. Public Health Reports. 1969;84:1043–1050

PII: S0740-5472(05)00174-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.08.007

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 313-319 , December 2005

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution