Talk to Patients About Alcohol Use, CDC Urges
Published: Jan 8, 2014
Roughly 84% of U.S. adults have never discussed alcohol use with a healthcare professional, the CDC reported.
Among current drinkers, 17.4% reported ever discussing alcohol with a healthcare professional, and 25.4% of binge drinkers said they had done so, according to Lela McKnight-Eily, PhD, of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Atlanta, and colleagues. In addition, 13.4% of binge drinkers said they had discussed their drinking behavior with a healthcare provider in the past year./.../
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