Benzodiazepine and unhealthy alcohol use among adult outpatients.

CONCLUSIONS: Benzodiazepine use in primary care was associated with older age, female sex, white race/ethnicity, lower socioeconomic status, and unhealthy alcohol use. These findings may be applied to develop policies and interventions to promote judicious benzodiazepine use. PMID: 31860229 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31860229?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - November 30, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Hirschtritt ME, Palzes VA, Kline-Simon AH, Kroenke K, Campbell CI, Sterling SA Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research