Sieber E
Institut für Sozialhygiene, Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Z Gesamte Hyg. 1991 Mar;37(3):119-23.
During 18 years occurred an enormous (fivefold) increase of the country-wide registered frequency of in-patient cases with the diagnosis alcoholism. This development is connected with a decrease of the length of stay. Fife hypotheses to these findings are discussed. The dynamic is different by age, sex and hospital wards. The various length of stay indicates different contents of treatment, from the detoxication with the shortest length of stay (0-3 days) to the narcotherapy (several months) to the long-stay patients (several years).
在18年期间，全国登记的酒精中毒住院病例频率大幅（五倍）增长。这种变化与住院时间的缩短有关。文中讨论了针对这些发现的五个假设。其动态变化在年龄、性别和医院病房方面存在差异。不同的住院时间表明治疗内容不同，从住院时间最短（0 - 3天）的解毒治疗，到（数月的）麻醉疗法，再到长期住院患者（数年）。
