title: Comparison of utilization of medical services by alcoholics and non-alcoholics.
abstract: To determine whether medical costs for alcoholics are higher than those for non-alcoholics, inpatient and outpatient costs for medical services of 191 alcoholics with 191 non-alcoholic matched controls were compared over four years. Results confirm that alcoholics are higher-cost users of medical services than non-alcoholics. (Am J Public Health 1982; 72:600-602.)
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism; D002140:California; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans