Patients visiting emergency departments because of alcohol abuse are more likely to make return visits and to die in the following decades (IMAGE)

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Patients visiting emergency departments because of alcohol abuse are more likely to make return visits and to die in the following decades

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20-year survival curves for patients with alcohol-related diagnoses (orange) and the patients in the control group (blue)

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Please credit Professor Drew Richardson

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