TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - A descriptive study of elderly community-dwelling alcoholic patients in the rural south
JO  - American journal of geriatric psychiatry
A1  - Holroyd, S.
A1  - Currie, L.
A1  - Thompson-Heisterman, A.
A1  - Abraham, Ivo
SP  - 221
EP  - 228
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1064-7481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199700530-00006
ID  - ref1
ER  -