Cost-effectiveness of an opportunistic screening programme and brief intervention for excessive alcohol use in primary care.

BACKGROUND: Effective prevention of excessive alcohol use has the potential to reduce the public burden of disease considerably. We investigated the cost-effectiveness of Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for excessive alcohol use in primary care in the Netherlands, which is targeted at early d...

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Main Authors: Luqman Tariq, Matthijs van den Berg, Rudolf T Hoogenveen, Pieter H M van Baal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2682644?pdf=render