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Substance Use by Older Adults: Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System |
CITATION:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. Substance Use by Older Adults: Estimates of Future Impact on the Treatment System. OAS Analytic Series #A-21, DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 03-3763, Rockville, MD, 2002.
1. The Impact of Substance Use and Abuse by the Elderly: The Next 20 to 30 Years (Samuel P. Korper and Ira E. Raskin)
Introduction and Background
How Prepared Are Substance Abuse Services to Meet Anticipated Future Requirements?
Initial Federal Response
Overview of Report
References
2. A Conceptual Model for Measuring Substance Misuse and Abuse Through the Life Cycle: The Importance of Recovery and Death Rates (Barbara A. Ray)
Introduction
Definitions
Developing the Model
Conceptual Model
Data Quality for Older Adults
Recovery Rate Estimating
Death Rate Estimation
Overlap Estimation
Conclusions
References
3. Drug Use Careers: Recovery and Mortality (Yih-Ing Hser)
Introduction
Background: Mortality and Recovery Rates
Treatment Sample
Nontreatment Sample
California 33-year Follow-up Study
Study Design
Sample
Interview Procedure
Results
Study of High-risk Samples
Study Design
Subjects
Data Collection Procedures
Results
Comments
Conclusions
References
4. Age Differences in Multiple Drug Use: National Admissions to Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment (Leigh A. Henderson)
Description of the Dataset
Study Population
Analysis
Results
Conclusions
Limitations
References
5. The Aging Baby Boom Cohort and Future Prevalence of Substance Abuse (Joseph C. Gfroerer, Michael A. Penne, Michael R. Pemberton, and Ralph E. Folsom, Jr.)
Methods
Data Source
Definition of Problem Substance Use
Step One: Regression Models
Step Two: Projection to 2020 Population
Estimation of Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals
Results
Model Diagnostics
Regression Models
2020 Projections
Discussion
Conclusions
References
6. Substance Abuse Among Older Adults in 2020: Projections Using the Life Table Approach and the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (Albert Woodward)
Introduction
Life Table Approach
Limitations of the NHSDA
Possible Changes to the NHSDA
References
7. National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey (NLAES): Alcohol and Drug Use Across Age Groups (Frederic C. Blow, Kristen L. Barry, Deborah E. Welsh, and Brenda M. Booth)
Introduction
Prevalence and Patterns of Substance Use among Older Individuals
Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Substance Abuse
Substance Use and Abuse Across Age Cohorts
Methods
Survey Specifics
Data Sources
Variables
Results
Discussion
References
8. Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Longitudinal Analysis of Drinking Over the Life Span (Frederic C. Blow, Kristen L. Barry, Bret E. Fuller, and Brenda M. Booth)
Introduction
Overview of Extent of Problem Drinking in Current Elderly Cohort
Prevalence of Alcohol Use in the Current Older Adult Populations
Drinking Guidelines
Future Older Adult Cohorts
Methods
Survey Specifics
Data Sources
Longitudinal Dataset
Variables
Age Categories
Drinking Status
Data Analysis Strategy
Results
Demographics
Alcohol Consumption
Changes in Drinking Categories
Discussion
Issues Unique to Older Adults
Drinking Guidelines for Older Adults
Long-Term Patterns of Use: Future Needs
References
9. Utilization of Veterans' Health Services for Substance Abuse: A Study of Aging Baby Boomer Veterans (Brenda M. Booth and Frederic C. Blow)
Introduction
Methods
Data Obtained
Subjects
Analyses
Results
Conclusions
References
10. Conclusions and Policy Implications (Samuel P. Korper and Ira E. Raskin)
References
Other Reports Relating to Older Adults
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