Background: This study examines whether alcohol-related hospitalization predicts survey non-response, and evaluates whether this missing data result in biased estimates of the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use and abstinence. Methods: Registry data on alcohol-related hospitalizations during the preceding ten years were linked to two representative surveys. Population data corresponding to the surveys were derived from the Stockholm County registry. The alcohol-related hospitalization rates for survey responders were compared with the population data, and corresponding rates for non-responders were based on the differences between the two estimates. The proportions with hazardous alcohol use and abstinence were calculated separately for previously hospitalized and non-hospitalized responders, and non-responders were assumed to be similar to responders in this respect. Results: Persons with previous alcohol-related admissions were more likely currently to abstain from alcohol (RR=1.58, p
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Ahacic, K., Kåreholt, I., Helgason, A. R., & Allebeck, P. (2013). Non-response bias and hazardous alcohol use in relation to previous alcohol-related hospitalization: Comparing survey responses with population data. Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-597x-8-10
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