Screening for Alcohol Abuse Using CAGE Scores and Likelihood Ratios

David G. Buchsbaum; Robin Buchanan; Robert M. Centor; Sidney H. Schnoll; Marcia J. Lawton

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-10-774

Abstract

Clinicians can improve their ability to estimate a patient's risk for an alcohol abuse or dependence disorder using likelihood ratios for CAGE scores.

Keywords

MedicineReceiver operating characteristicAlcohol abuseAlcohol dependenceLikelihood ratios in diagnostic testingPsychiatryAlcohol use disorderSubstance abuseAlcoholInternal medicine

Affiliated Institutions

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center US

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Year: 1991
Type: article
Volume: 115
Issue: 10
Pages: 774-777
Citations: 351
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                                    David G. Buchsbaum, 
                                
                                    Robin Buchanan, 
                                
                                    Robert M. Centor
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1991). 
                            Screening for Alcohol Abuse Using CAGE Scores and Likelihood Ratios. 
                            Annals of Internal Medicine
                            , 115
                            (10)
                            , 774-777.
                            https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-115-10-774
                        

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DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-115-10-774