{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["30(3)"],"submitter":["Wei J"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Alcohol dependence results in multiple hospital readmissions, but no discharge planning protocol has been studied to improve outcomes. The inpatient setting is a frequently missed opportunity to discuss treatment of alcohol dependence and initiate medication-assisted treatment, which is effective yet rarely utilized.<h4>Aim</h4>Our aim was to implement and evaluate a discharge planning protocol for patients admitted with alcohol dependence.<h4>Setting</h4>The study took place at the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), a university-affiliated, large urban county hospital.<h4>Participants</h4>Learner participants included Internal Medicine residents at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) who staff the teaching service at SFGH. Patient participants include"],"journal":["Journal of general internal medicine"],"pagination":["365-70"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4351284"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["An inpatient treatment and discharge planning protocol for alcohol dependence: efficacy in reducing 30-day readmissions and emergency department visits."],"pmcid":["PMC4351284"],"pubmed_authors":["Huen W","Defries T","Lozada M","Wei J","Young N","Tulsky J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"An inpatient treatment and discharge planning protocol for alcohol dependence: efficacy in reducing 30-day readmissions and emergency department visits.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Alcohol dependence results in multiple hospital readmissions, but no discharge planning protocol has been studied to improve outcomes. The inpatient setting is a frequently missed opportunity to discuss treatment of alcohol dependence and initiate medication-assisted treatment, which is effective yet rarely utilized.<h4>Aim</h4>Our aim was to implement and evaluate a discharge planning protocol for patients admitted with alcohol dependence.<h4>Setting</h4>The study took place at the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), a university-affiliated, large urban county hospital.<h4>Participants</h4>Learner participants included Internal Medicine residents at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) who staff the teaching service at SFGH. Patient participants include","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Mar","modification":"2025-04-05T17:14:04.828Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:47:40Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4351284","cross_references":{"pubmed":["25092008"],"doi":["10.1007/s11606-014-2968-9"]}}