All-cause and cause-specific mortality in individuals with an alcohol-related emergency or hospital inpatient presentation: A retrospective data linkage cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Alcohol consumption is a leading risk factor for premature mortality globally, but there are limited studies of broader cohorts of people presenting with alcohol-related problems outside of alcohol treatment services. We used linked health administrative data to estimate all-cause and cause-specific mortality among individuals who had an alcohol-related hospital inpatient or emergency department presentation.

Design

Observational study using data from the Data linkage Alcohol Cohort Study (DACS), a state-wide retrospective cohort of individuals with an alcohol-related hospital inpatient or emergency department presentation.

Setting

Hospital inpatient or emergency department presentation in New South Wales, Australia, between 2005 and 2014.

Parti

SUBMITTER: Leung J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952273 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature