Brief physician advice to problem drinkers resulted in economic benefits
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Brief physician advice for problem drinking among older adults: an economic analysis of costs and benefits.
OBJECTIVE Problem alcohol use among elderly persons can have a variety of health-related consequences, complicating management of chronic illnesses and increasing health care utilization and costs. This study evaluates the economic cost and benefits of brief intervention for at-risk drinking older adults. METHOD A controlled clinical trial with 24-month follow-up tested effectiveness of brief...
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and Commentary also published in ACP Journal Club. 1997; 127:63. vice can reduce alcohol consumption; however, questions remain. How effective and efficient are brief interventions for improving health outcomes? How should patients be selected? How brief an intervention is effective? What minimum level of physician education and support is necessaiy? These issues must be addressed before this p...
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and commentary also published in Evidence-Based Medicine.
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BACKGROUND Helping the large number of problem drinkers who will never seek treatment is a challenging issue. Public health initiatives employing educational materials or mass media campaigns have met with mixed success. However, clinical research has developed effective brief interventions to help problem drinkers. This project will employ an intervention that has been validated in clinical se...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Mental Health
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1362-0347
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.3.3.93