ArticleAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)2021
Specialist alcohol inpatient treatment admissions and non-specialist hospital admissions for alcohol withdrawal in England: an inverse relationship.
Article in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Models of care for the management of alcohol use disorder in general hospital settings and transition to the community: a scoping review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2026Article
- Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- Management of medically assisted withdrawal from alcohol in acute adult mental health and specialist addictions in-patient services: UK clinical audit findings.BJPsych open · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimsWe assessed the relationship between specialist and non-specialist admissions for alcohol withdrawal since the introduction of the UK government Health and Social Care Act in 2012.
methodsUsing publicly available national data sets from 2009 to 2019, we compared the number of alcohol withdrawal admissions and estimated costs in specialist and non-specialist treatment settings.
resultsA significant negative correlation providing strong evidence of an association was observed between the fall in specialist and rise in non-specialist admissions. Significant cost reductions within specialist services were displaced to non-specialist settings.
conclusionsThe shift in demand from specialist to non-specialist alcohol admissions due to policy changes in England should be reversed by specialist workforce investment to improve outcomes. In the meantime, non-specialist services and staff must be resourced and equipped to meet the complex needs of these service users.
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