Older admissions to substance abuse treatment in 2001

Stephan Arndt; Tracy D Gunter; Laura Acion

doi:10.1097/00019442-200505000-00007

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Older admissions to substance abuse treatment in 2001

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Older admissions to substance abuse treatment in 2001

Stephan Arndt, Tracy D Gunter and Laura Acion

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, Vol.13(5), pp.385-392

05/2005

DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200505000-00007

PMID: 15879587

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Abstract

The number of older people with substance abuse problems is expected to increase over the next decade. Given the expected growth in the number of elderly clients needing substance abuse treatment, the authors provide a description of admissions of patients age 55 years and over to facilities receiving some public funds. The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), a public-use data-set, contained information on 58,073 admissions to substance treatment (age 55+) and 1,043,910 admissions age 30-54 years. Older admissions listed only one substance-daily use of alcohol. Admission record notations indicated that these admissions were more frequently associated with income, insurance, and marriage or divorce than younger admissions. As in younger admissions, criminal justice was a major source of referral to treatment. Older patients' admissions records indicated fewer previous treatment experiences. Older male and female admissions were similar in many regards, but differed in their treatment history. The current treatment admission was more often the first for female admissions. Older female admissions were likely to be more educated than their male counterparts, with a later age at onset. Older admissions to substance abuse treatment differed in important ways from younger adult admissions. The older admissions tended to come from a more stable environment (income, insurance, marriage). Despite their very high frequency and amount of drinking, few of these admissions were referred to treatment by healthcare workers.

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Adult

Age Factors

Aged

Alcoholism - epidemiology

Alcoholism - rehabilitation

Cross-Sectional Studies

Episode of Care

Female

Forecasting

Health Services Needs and Demand - trends

Humans

Incidence

Iowa - epidemiology

Male

Middle Aged

Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data

Population Dynamics

Public Facilities - statistics & numerical data

Rehabilitation Centers - utilization

Sex Factors

Socioeconomic Factors

Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology

Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation

Utilization Review - statistics & numerical data

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Title: Subtitle: Older admissions to substance abuse treatment in 2001
Creators: Stephan Arndt - University of Iowa
Tracy D Gunter - University of Iowa
Laura Acion - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, Vol.13(5), pp.385-392
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200505000-00007
PMID: 15879587
ISSN: 1064-7481
eISSN: 1545-7214
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC; NEW YORK
Language: English
Date published: 05/2005
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Biostatistics; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9985132186202771

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