%0 Journal Article
%T A descriptive study of elderly community-dwelling alcoholic patients in the rural south
%J American journal of geriatric psychiatry
%D 1997
%A Holroyd, S.
%A Currie, L.
%A Thompson-Heisterman, A.
%A Abraham, Ivo
%V 5
%N 3
%P 221-228
%X 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>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1064-7481
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199700530-00006