Older Adults’ Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization For Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions: Relationship with Alcohol Consumption

Elizabeth S Levy Merrick; Dominic Hodgkin; Deborah W Garnick; Constance M Horgan; Lee Panas; Marian Ryan; Frederic C Blow; Richard Saitz

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Older Adults’ Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization For Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions: Relationship with Alcohol Consumption

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Older Adults’ Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization For Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions: Relationship with Alcohol Consumption

Elizabeth S Levy Merrick, Dominic Hodgkin, Deborah W Garnick, Constance M Horgan, Lee Panas, Marian Ryan, Frederic C Blow and Richard Saitz

Journal of aging and health, Vol.23(1), pp.86-111

02/2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264310383156

PMCID: PMC3021178

PMID: 20935248

Abstract

alcohol

health care utilization

Activities of Daily Living

Acute Disease

Age Factors

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology

Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data

Chi-Square Distribution

Confidence Intervals

Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data

Health Care Surveys

Health Services - statistics & numerical data

Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data

Health Status

Inpatients - statistics & numerical data

Logistic Models

Odds Ratio

Quality of Health Care

Risk Assessment

Self Report

Aging

Objective: This study examined the relationship between drinking that exceeds guideline-recommended limits and acute-care utilization for ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) by older Medicare beneficiaries. Results: Heavy episodic drinking was significantly associated with higher likelihood of an ACSC emergency department visit not resulting in admission (adjusted odds ratio = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.11-3.30; p < .05). Drinking pattern was not significant for other ACSC measures.

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Title: Older Adults’ Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization For Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions: Relationship with Alcohol Consumption
Creators: Elizabeth S Levy Merrick - Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Fax 781-736-3985. Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D, Phone 781-736-8551; Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D, Phone 781-736-3840; Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., Phone 781-736-3916; Lee Panas, MS, Phone 781-736-3943; Marian Ryan, RRT, MPH, CHES, Phone 781-736- 8493
Dominic Hodgkin - Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Fax 781-736-3985. Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D, Phone 781-736-8551; Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D, Phone 781-736-3840; Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., Phone 781-736-3916; Lee Panas, MS, Phone 781-736-3943; Marian Ryan, RRT, MPH, CHES, Phone 781-736- 8493
Deborah W Garnick - Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Fax 781-736-3985. Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D, Phone 781-736-8551; Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D, Phone 781-736-3840; Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., Phone 781-736-3916; Lee Panas, MS, Phone 781-736-3943; Marian Ryan, RRT, MPH, CHES, Phone 781-736- 8493
Constance M Horgan - Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Fax 781-736-3985. Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D, Phone 781-736-8551; Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D, Phone 781-736-3840; Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., Phone 781-736-3916; Lee Panas, MS, Phone 781-736-3943; Marian Ryan, RRT, MPH, CHES, Phone 781-736- 8493
Lee Panas - Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Fax 781-736-3985. Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D, Phone 781-736-8551; Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D, Phone 781-736-3840; Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., Phone 781-736-3916; Lee Panas, MS, Phone 781-736-3943; Marian Ryan, RRT, MPH, CHES, Phone 781-736- 8493
Marian Ryan - Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Fax 781-736-3985. Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D, Phone 781-736-8551; Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D, Phone 781-736-3840; Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., Phone 781-736-3916; Lee Panas, MS, Phone 781-736-3943; Marian Ryan, RRT, MPH, CHES, Phone 781-736- 8493
Frederic C Blow - Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center. Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D., Phone 734-845-5046
Richard Saitz - Boston University School of Medicine, Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Youth Alcohol Prevention Center & Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health. Richard Saitz, M.D., M.P.H, Phone 617-414-774, Fax 617-414-4676
Publication Details: Journal of aging and health, Vol.23(1), pp.86-111
Publisher: Sage Publications
Grants: R21 AA015746, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (United States, Bethesda) - NIAAA
Grant note: R21 AA015746/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States R21 AA015746-02/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
Identifiers: 9923958430301921
Academic Unit: Brandeis University; Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Older Adults’ Inpatient and Emergency Department Utilization For Ambulatory-Care-Sensitive Conditions: Relationship with Alcohol Consumption

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