Assertive outreach treatment versus care as usual for the treatment of high-need, high-cost alcohol related frequent attenders: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: R. Blackwood (Author), A. Wolstenholme (Author), A. Kimergård (Author), S. Fincham-Campbell (Author), Z. Khadjesari (Author), S. Coulton (Author), S. Byford (Author), P. Deluca (Author), S. Jennings (Author), E. Currell (Author), J. Dunne (Author), J. O'Toole (Author), J. Winnington (Author), E. Finch (Author), C. Drummond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Alcohol-related hospital admissions have doubled in the last ten years to > 1.2 m per year in England. High-need, high-cost (HNHC) alcohol-related frequent attenders (ARFA) are a relatively small subgroup of patients, having multiple admissions or attendances from alcohol duri...