Alcohol identification and brief advice is effective in reducing health risk from drinking in non-dependent drinkers. The successful delivery of the CQUIN is estimated to bring about a reduction of weekly alcohol consumption of 12%, which could result in net savings of c£27 per patient receiving alcohol brief advice each year over 4 years, from reduced alcohol-related hospital admissions following improvements in morbidity. (NB: these figures are taken from unpublished modelling conducted by Sheffield University using data derived from the latest Cochrane review of brief advice in primary care.)
Alcohol identification and brief advice is effective in reducing health risk from drinking in non-dependent drinkers. The successful delivery of the CQUIN is estimated to bring about a reduction of weekly alcohol consumption of 12%, which could result in net savings of c£27 per patient receiving alcohol brief advice each year over 4 years, from reduced alcohol-related hospital admissions following improvements in morbidity. (NB: these figures are taken from unpublished modelling conducted by Sheffield University using data derived from the latest Cochrane review of brief advice in primary care.)