Abstract
SummaryDuring fiscal year 1983–84, Ontario general hospitals admitted 2651 patients with a primary diagnosis of alcohol dependence or non‐dependent use of alcohol but with no secondary diagnoses requiring treatments only available in hospital. These averaged 10.7 days in hospital and the total cost of their hospitalization (excluding medical services) was estimated at $7.4 million. Many of these admissions appear to have been for alcohol detoxication or for psychosocial treatments of alcohol abuse. Because alternative, more cost‐effective methods for detoxication and treatment are suggested by the research literature, efforts to use and develop such alternatives in local communities are recommended.
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