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Are Decreases in Liver Cirrhosis Rates a Result of Increased Treatment for Alcoholism? ★
Author(s) -
MANN ROBERT E.,
SMART REGINALD G.,
ANGLIN LISE,
RUSH BRIAN R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb02598.x
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , per capita , alcohol consumption , alcohol , medicine , demography , alcoholic liver disease , gastroenterology , chemistry , environmental health , population , biochemistry , sociology
Summary In Ontario, liver cirrhosis mortality and morbidity have decreased substantially in recent years. Over the corresponding period, substantial increases have occurred in the number of people receiving treatment for an alcohol problem. The potential contributions of both changes in alcoholism treatment and changes in per capita consumption of alcohol to declines in hospital discharges for liver cirrhosis were examined with regression analyses. The results indicate that, with the exception of one area of the province, increases in treatment were linearly related to decreases in cirrhosis discharges.