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The utilization of medical care by treated alcoholics: Longitudinal patterns by age, gender, and type of care
James O. Blose,Harold D. Holder +1 more
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The gap between the two groups narrowed following treatment, suggesting the convergence of the alcoholics to their age and gender cohort baseline may potentially occur over time, demonstrating the effect of aging on long-term health care costs.About:
This article is published in Journal of Substance Abuse.The article was published on 1991-01-01. It has received 50 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & Cohort.read more
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Comorbidity of Alcoholism and Psychiatric Disorders: An Overview
TL;DR: This review examines the prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence with other psychiatric disorders and the patterns of treatment among comorbid patients and describes how treatment approaches can be integrated for patients with theseComorbid disorders and offers suggestions for future directions in treatment research.
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Hazardous drinkers and drug users in HMO primary care: prevalence, medical conditions, and costs
TL;DR: Hazardous drinkers and drug users' heightened medical conditions indicate that screening and brief intervention at this lower threshold of hazardous drinking and drug use will detect individuals with health risks sooner.
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Association of outpatient alcohol and drug treatment with health care utilization and cost: revisiting the offset hypothesis
TL;DR: For patients with substance use disorders entering treatment, there was a substantial decline in inappropriate utilization and cost (hospital and ER) in the posttreatment period, suggestive of long-term reductions that warrant a longer follow-up.
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Utilization and cost impact of integrating substance abuse treatment and primary care.
TL;DR: The findings for the full sample suggest that integrating substance abuse treatment with primary care, may not be necessary or appropriate for all patients, but it may be beneficial to refer patients with substance abuse related medical conditions to a provider also trained in addiction medicine.
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Alcohol Treatment and Health Care System Reform
TL;DR: It is suggested that an efficient approach to the treatment of alcohol-related problems will result in one of the largest pools of cost savings in a reformed American health care system.
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Impact of alcohol, drug abuse and mental health treatment on medical care utilization. A review of the research literature.
TL;DR: This monograph reviews and assesses twenty-five studies that examined the question of whether treatment for mental illness, alcohol abuse or drug abuse reduces subsequent medical care utilization and found that such a reduction did take place.
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The reduction of health care costs associated with alcoholism treatment: a 14-year longitudinal study.
Harold D. Holder,James O. Blose +1 more
TL;DR: The study provides considerable evidence that alcoholism treatment can reduce overall medical costs in a heterogeneous alcoholic population (white collar/blue collar; fee-for-service/HMO).
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Alcoholism treatment and total health care utilization and costs. A four-year longitudinal analysis of federal employees.
Harold D. Holder,James O. Blose +1 more
TL;DR: In the years prior to initial alcoholism treatment, alcoholics incurred gradually increasing total health care costs on the average, which rose dramatically in the six months prior to treatment, began to decline after treatment initiation, and continued to fall during several follow-up years.
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Alcoholism treatment and potential health care cost saving.
TL;DR: Research that has been completed since the 1979 supplement on changes in health care patterns associated with mental health, alcoholism, and drug abuse treatment is reviewed, confirming earlier findings that general health care utilization and costs drop after initiation of alcoholism treatment.
Sixth special report to the u.s. congress on alcohol and health from the secretary of health and human services
TL;DR: Advances in knowledge concerning genetic components to alcoholism and ways in which this knowledge can lead to the development of prevention and treatment strategies are discussed in the Sixth Special Report, which is concerned primarily with new information that has come to light since the Fifth Special Report (1983).
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