title: Changes in alcohol-related inpatient care--an international trend comparison.
abstract: This paper studies two utilization measures of alcoholism treatment, discharge rate and average length of stay, in the United States, Australia, Sweden and Canada. The results suggest that the decline in length of stay and discharges in the past 15 years was an international phenomenon and not unique to the U.S. However, data for length of stay also suggests that the biggest decline in the United States coincided with the fastest growth of managed behavioral health care.
authors.affiliation: RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA. bao@rand.org
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sauerland
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sturm
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001315:Australia; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002170:Canada; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D013548:Sweden; D014481:United States