Influence of alcohol use on mortality and expenditure during hospital admission: a cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMJ Open on November 01, 2016

Authors

Shu-Hui Peng1,2, Shiun-Yuan Hsu3, Pao-Jen Kuo2, Cheng-Shyuan Rau4, Ya-Ai Cheng1, Ching-Hua Hsieh3

Author Affiliations

1: Executive Master Program, Department of Healthcare Administration, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2: Department of Plastic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
3: Department of Trauma Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
4: Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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