Alcohol use disorder-related sick leave and mortality: a cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol use disorder-related sick leave as documented in health insurance records is associated with higher mortality. Such sick leave does not necessarily lead to any specific AUD treatment. Therefore, AUD-related sick leave might be used as a trigger for insurers to intervene by offering AUD treatment to patients to try to reduce their risk of death. PMID: 23363536 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice)

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