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Interative Hull Atlas: www.hullpublichealth.org/Pages/hull_atlas.htm More information: www.jsnaonline.org and www.hullpublichealth.org<br />

signposting regarding their alcohol intake, with 1,040 of these people being given<br />

extended brief interventions with 520 young people addressing their drinking as a result.<br />

The brief interventions and signposting will be undertaken by a broad range of<br />

individuals not exclusively within healthcare, and this approach uses a multi-disciplinary<br />

approach.<br />

However, following the change in the government in May 2010, new outcomes are now<br />

under consultation (see section 3.3.6.2 on page 52). One of the outcomes under<br />

consultation is the under 75 mortality rate from chronic liver disease, presumably in<br />

order to measure alcohol-related liver disease. However, this would be a poor outcome<br />

measure. Firstly, a number of chronic liver disease deaths occur due to other conditions<br />

such as Hepatitis B, C and D and other genetic disorders such as diabetes or Wilson‟s<br />

disease. Secondly, the numbers of deaths are small, and there is considerable year-onyear<br />

variability, which makes measuring trends over time incredibly difficult.<br />

Another measure within the proposals is hospital admissions for alcohol-related harm.<br />

The numbers are higher for this measure so it is not as dependent on small numbers.<br />

However, the measure is highly dependent on coding, and it is possible that the coding<br />

of alcohol as a factor could vary over time, and could differ depending on the clinicians‟<br />

specialist interest and knowledge. The quality of the coding could also be influenced by<br />

national and local campaigns relating to alcohol. Furthermore, admission rates could<br />

differ depending on care pathways and local healthcare services, e.g. the decision to<br />

admit or discharge a patient following presentation at A&E. Note that this measure is an<br />

existing outcome measure, and the definitions of this differ from the definition used in<br />

Table 151.<br />

Joint Strategic Needs Assessment Foundation Profile – Hull Health Profile: Release 3. March 2011. 366

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