The Liverpool alcohol-related liver disease algorithm identifies twice as many emergency admissions compared to standard methods when applied to Hospital Episode Statistics for England.

"CONFLICT OF INTEREST Richard Parker: Speaking fees from Norgine, Siemens and Shionogi, consulting fees from DURECT. Robyn Burton: Paid consultancy for the World Health Organization (2019 and 2020). Nikhil Vergis: Changed affiliation during the study from Imperial College London to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). GSK did not have any involvement in any aspect of this study. None of the other authors have any competing interest to declare"

"FUNDING INFORMATION This study received no funding. The British Association for the Study of the Liver and the Department of Health and Social Care did not have any role in the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, in the writing of the report and in the decision to submit the paper for publication."