The use of diagnostic codes to record long-term excessive drinking and alcohol use disorder– a systematic review
ObjectivesAlcohol-related disease and mortality continue to rise globally, with hazardous drinking the third leading cause of premature death in the UK. Population studies are valuable for understanding excessive drinking patterns, but case-finding is limited by variability in Electronic Health Record (EHR) coding. This systematic review identified diagnostic codes used to define alcohol…
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