@article{ref1,
title="A descriptive study of elderly community-dwelling alcoholic patients in the rural south",
journal="American journal of geriatric psychiatry",
year="1997",
author="Holroyd, S. and Currie, L. and Thompson-Heisterman, A. and Abraham, Ivo",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="221-228",
abstract="Alcohol-related disorders, estimated to be more prevalent in the South, are associated with serious comorbid disorders, such as depression and suicide. In a rural outreach program, the authors examined patients with a diagnosis of alcoholism and compared them with nonalcoholic patients on various demographic and descriptive variables. Of 166 patients referred to the program, 35 (21.1%) had an alcohol-related disorder. Alcoholism was significantly associated with male gender and younger age, but nearly half of the alcoholic subjects were women. Alcoholism is associated with inappropriate health care utilization; alcohol-related disorders produced significantly more emergency room visits and somewhat more hospital admission; these patients were less likely to have a primary care physician. No patient was receiving treatment for alcoholism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1064-7481",
doi="10.1097/00019442-199700530-00006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199700530-00006"
}