Impact of alcohol consumption upon medical care utilization and costs in men: 4-year observation of National Health Insurance beneficiaries in Japan - Anzai, Yukiko; Kuriyama, Shinichi; Nishino, Yoshikazu; Takahashi, Kohko; Ohkubo, Takayoshi; Ohmori, Kaori; Tsubono, Yoshitaka; Tsuji, Ichiro (Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2005)
Keywords: Addiction; Adult; Aged; Alcohol; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol drinking; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcohol Drinking - economics; Alcohol use; Alcoholism - economics; Alcoholism - rehabilitation; Ambulatory Care - economics; Beneficiaries; Cancer; Chronic illnesses; Costs; Ethanol; Health; Health behavior; Health care; Health Care Costs; Health care expenditures; health care services; Health insurance; Health services; Health Services - economics; Health Services - utilization; Hospitalization - economics; Humans; Inpatient care; Insurance, Health - economics; Japan; Liver diseases; Longitudinal studies; Male; Men; Middle Aged; Myocardial infarction; National health insurance; Patients; Prospective Studies; Risk factors; Rural areas; Social problems; Stroke; Surveys and Questionnaires; Users; Japan