Alcohol use among emergency medicine department patients in Tanzania: A comparative analysis of injury versus non-injury patients.

Alena PauleyEmily C ThatcherJoshua T SarafianSiddhesh ZadeyFrida Shayo Blandina Theophil MmbagaFrancis SakitaJudith BosheJoão Ricardo Nickenig VissociCatherine Ann Staton

Published in: PLOS global public health (2023)

Our data suggests 37% of injury and 20% of non-injury patients screen positive for harmful or hazardous drinking in our setting. An EMD-based alcohol treatment and referral process could be beneficial to reduce this growing behavioral risk factor in non-injury as well as injury populations.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
primary care
risk factors
machine learning
emergency medicine
electronic health record
high throughput
deep learning