Alcohol use and later hospitalization experience.

摘要: As an indicator of hospitalization costs, the number hospitalized days among 82,430 white and black adult health maintenance organization (HMO) members was studied. Baseline data were collected at examinations from 1978 to 1982. Using all hospitalizations 1983 that not related pregnancy occurred after examination, multiple regression analyses for each race-sex subgroup controlled alcohol use (eight categories), cigarette smoking (four age (three period observation. Estimates hospital associated with alcohol, age, calculated specific diagnostic categories diagnoses by projecting observed lifelong abstainers, persons less than 45 years old, nonsmokers. Among men both races, there almost no increase in total when levels drinking considered. women, because preponderance lighter drinkers who had fewer hospitalizations, overall percentage negative. Several trends identified between groups. Most notable a deficit circulatory system problems excess neoplasms. In summary, this population prepaid health-plan members, alcoholic beverages only minor factor experience.