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N D Walker

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PubMed1990

Mortality in a follow up study of 616 alcoholics admitted to an inpatient alcoholism clinic 1972-76.

Six hundred and sixteen alcoholics were admitted to an inpatient alcoholism clinic (Mahu clinic, Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch) between 1972 and 1976. The national register of deaths was searched for deaths of these patients up until 30 September 1983. Eighty-three deaths were recorded which, when compared with the general population, matched for age and sex, yielded a standardised mortality ratio of 1.6, that is 60% higher than expected. However because the patients were nearly all under 65 years of age the absolute death rate was not high--98% survived one year and 86% survived ten years. Similarly the excess death rate was quite low at 6 extra deaths per 1000 alcoholic years.

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PubMed1987

Long term outcome for alcoholic patients treated in a hospital based unit.

This study describes the long term outcome for patients admitted for treatment of alcoholism at Mahu clinic, Sunnyside Hospital, Christchurch. Details of 1000 consecutive admissions were recorded from March 1972 to October 1976. This included 616 patients with the data base taken from the first admission as some were readmitted. After known deaths were excluded in October 1983, 100 patients were randomly selected for followup until October 1984. Followup time varied from 8-12.5 years. Forty percent were found to be recovered. Implications for improved salvage rates are discussed.

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