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. 2021 Mar 23;11:6648. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86197-z

Table 3.

Initiation of pharmacotherapy or behavioral therapy after an initial diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease or alcoholic liver cirrhosis by index year.

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pharmacotherapy within 60 days of diagnosis
Alcoholic liver disease, case/group, n 132/14,244 98/13,990 110/13,727 127/14,433 135/14,434
Proportion per 1,000 patients 9.3 7.0 8.0 8.8 9.4
Alcoholic cirrhosis, case/group, n 27/1,406 31/1,353 25/1,397 33/1,352 36/1,466
Proportion per 1,000 patients 19.2 22.9 17.9 24.4 24.6
Behavioral therapy within 60 days of diagnosis
Alcoholic liver disease, case/group, n 283/13,332 238/13,125 246/12,899 271/13,526 292/13,522
Proportion per 1,000 patients 21.2 18.1 19.1 20.0 21.6
Alcoholic cirrhosis, case/group, n 52/1,300 49/1,253 57/1,306 63/1,263 72/1,375
Proportion per 1,000 patients 40.0 39.1 43.6 49.9 52.4

* Pharmacotherapy: acamprosate, naltrexone.