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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Alcohol Drug Depend. 2022 Sep 22;10(5):1000366.

Table 3:

Number and percentage of patients with AUD received medication, rehabilitation and detoxification, and alcoholism counseling.

Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total patients with AUD (n) 12173 11769 24440 30756 31876 31876 34751 37721
Any medication below (n) 352 397 963 1694 2107 2357 2659 3066
% 2.89 3.37 3.94 5.51 6.61 7.39 7.65 8.13
Naltrexone (n) 50 62 220 507 756 1041 1262 1639
% 0.41 0.53 0.9 1.65 2.37 3.27 3.63 4.35
Disulfiram (n) 19 30 75 132 174 194 205 190
% 0.16 0.25 0.31 0.43 0.55 0.61 0.59 0.5
Acamprosate (n) 0 7 94 176 205 232 326 401
% 0 0.06 0.38 0.57 0.64 0.73 0.94 1.06
Topiramate (n) 287 305 624 986 1126 1080 1081 1105
% 2.36 2.59 2.55 3.21 3.53 3.39 3.11 2.93
Rehabilitation and detoxification (n) 0 0 15 553 769 843 1063 970
% 0 0 0.06 1.8 2.41 2.64 3.06 2.57
Counseling (n) 193 427 1383 2045 2938 3991 5607 7148
% 1.59 3.63 5.66 6.65 9.22 12.52 16.13 18.95
AUD counseling for 15 mins (n) 35 139 120 78 33 56 35 48
% 0.29 1.18 0.49 0.25 0.1 0.18 0.1 0.13
AUD counseling for 15–30 mins (n) 5 5 13 16 42 43 38 19
% 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.05
AUD counseling at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week 19 9 222 431 1050 1921 3228 4389
% 0.16 0.08 0.91 1.4 3.29 6.03 9.29 11.64
Other AUD counseling& 134 275 1028 1520 1817 1975 2312 2698
% 1.1 2.34 4.21 4.94 5.7 6.2 6.65 7.15
Any treatment 539 792 2252 3924 4969 5966 7684 9307
% 4.43 6.73 9.21 12.76 15.59 18.72 22.11 24.67

Note: & Other AUD counseling refers to alcohol assessment, alcohol training service, alcohol group counseling, and alcohol hotline service.