The reduction of health care costs associated with alcoholism treatment: a 14-year longitudinal study.

Holder, Harold D.; Blose, James O.

doi:10.15288/jsa.1992.53.293

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“…Similar but slightly less impressive medical cost savings have been found in a fourteenyear observational study that compared patients who received alcohol treatment to similarly diagnosed persons who did not receive treatment. 20 If policies can be put in place that ensure treatment for recognized alcohol-abuse cases, a significant potential for long-term savings in medical care costs might be realized. Medical care cost savings related to alcohol treatment may not be evident in the short term.…”

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Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities For Managed Care

Olfson¹,

Sing²,

Schlesinger³

1999

Health Affairs

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Section: Findings From the Literaturementioning

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Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities For Managed Care

Olfson¹,

Sing²,

Schlesinger³

1999

Health Affairs

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“…26 The results of this study, notwithstanding the limitations discussed above, suggest that more intense treatment modalities are also associated with more favorable mortality outcomes. a…”

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The relationship between mortality and intensity of inpatient alcoholism treatment.

Bunn¹,

Booth²,

Cook³

et al. 1994

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES. Previous studies have examined mortality in alcoholics receiving extended inpatient alcoholism treatment, but few have investigated less intense treatment. This study examined mortality within 3 years after discharge from varying intensities of inpatient alcoholism treatment. METHODS. Using the computerized database of the Department of Veterans Affairs, we identified men participating in varying intensities of inpatient alcoholism treatment and followed them for 3 years after discharge. Adjusted mortality rates were computed and survival analysis was performed to assess the risk of death, adjusting for factors that may be related to mortality. RESULTS. The death rate was lower for men who completed extended formal inpatient treatment than for those who began, but did not complete, inpatient treatment or those who underwent short detoxification. Differences among the treatment groups remained after age, race, marital status, and disease severity were controlled. CONCLUSIONS. These results suggest that extended formal inpatient alcoholism treatment is associated with a lower risk of death than less intense forms of inpatient treatment.

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“…Because I knew about treatment systems, I began to study the health service costs and benefits of alcoholism treatment. Under research support from NIAAA, we performed a series of cost studies (Holder & Blose 1986, 1987b, 1992.…”

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The reduction of health care costs associated with alcoholism treatment: a 14-year longitudinal study.

Cited by 197 publications

References 9 publications

Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities For Managed Care

Mental Health/Medical Care Cost Offsets: Opportunities For Managed Care

The relationship between mortality and intensity of inpatient alcoholism treatment.

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