Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitalizations with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in a Safety-Net Hospital from 2016 to 2018

Marlene Martin^{1

2}, Joseph Clement³, Triveni Defries^{4

5}, Anil N Makam^{6

4

7

8}, Oanh Kieu Nguyen^{6

4

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA. Marlene.Martin@ucsf.edu.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Marlene.Martin@ucsf.edu.
³ Department of Nursing, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.

Marlene Martin et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;37(12):3211-3213.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07357-5. Epub 2022 Jan 20.

Marlene Martin^{1

2}, Joseph Clement³, Triveni Defries^{4

5}, Anil N Makam^{6

4

7

8}, Oanh Kieu Nguyen^{6

4

7

8}

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA. Marlene.Martin@ucsf.edu.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Marlene.Martin@ucsf.edu.
³ Department of Nursing, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁷ Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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