Table 1. Demography and resource use patterns among alcohol dependent matched patient pairs, LAT vs. non-LAT comparison.

	LAT (n = 125)	Non-LAT (n = 125)	p value**
ICD-10 codes#	F.10.0–F10.9	F.10.0–F10.9	N/A
Age (M ± SD)	48.26±10.51	48.20±10.49	p = 0.966
Gender (male/female)	120/5	120/5	N/A
Relapses followed by hospital admission	0.28±1.10	0.26±0.58	p = 0.339
Relapses followed by outpatient detoxification	0.42±0.90	0.70±1.66	p = 0.267
Total relapse rates (2012–2013)	0.70±1.74	0.97±1.89	p = 0.201
Outpatient physician consultations	10.45±9.09	10.29±12.50	p = 0.050 *
Inpatient physician consultations	7.19±57.81	2.95±9.37	p = 0.777
Mean N° Hospital admissions per patient - Psychiatry Clinic	1.24±1.42	1.25±1.42	p = 0.986
Hospital admissions N° - Internal Medicine Clinic (due to F10)	0.05±0.31	0.21±0.65	p = 0.008 *
Hospital admissions N° - Neurology clinic (due to F10)	0.04±0.20	0.05±0.33	p = 0.491
Mean admissions N° (Internal + Neurology)	1.44±1.73	1.59±1.54	p = 0.151
Mean N° of all hospital admissions (M ± SD)	0.94±1.27	0.92±0.74	p = 0.855
Duration of Hospital admissions (M ± SD)	12.49±14.77	10.80±11.52	p = 0.315
Total hospital admissions – Psychiatry	155	156	N/A
Total N° of all hospital admissions – Internal Clinic	6	26	p = 0.0016 *
Total N° of all hospital admissions – Neurology Clinic	5	6	p = 0.8415
Total joint Internal Medicine Clinic and Neurology Clinic hospital admissions	11	32	p = 0.0047 *
Typology according to Lesch (type I/II/III/IV)	10/27/57/31	N/A	N/A

^#All resource use at the Internal Medicine Clinic and Neurology Clinic were accounted exclusively for medical services consumed in relation to alcohol dependence diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation (ICD-10 F10 diagnostic code group); p value- statistical signifiance of difference;

**- Mann-Whitney U test; !- Chi square test;

*- p<0.05; M ± SD- mean ± standard deviation.