About the Study: What is the potential impact of expanding alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary care on premature mortality from major alcohol-related causes of death in US adults? In this decision analytical model and microsimulation study, expanding delivery of alcohol brief interventions to an additional 8 million interventions per year was projected to reduce annual alcohol-related potential years of life lost per 100 000 adults by −51.3 (95% credible interval [CrI], −73.2 to −32.8) in men and −34.1 (CrI, −54.5 to −16.1) in women by 2030 compared with the status quo. These findings suggest that substantially expanding alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary care may reduce premature mortality and help narrow the socioeconomic gap in alcohol-related mortality in the US.
Alcohol Screening Expansion Targets Early Mortality
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