The effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient treatment for alcohol abuse: The need to focus on mediators and moderators of setting effects

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1773-1796

  Finney, John W ^a,b   Hahn, Annette C ^a   Moos, Rudolf H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; DAY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030463265     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb03801.x     Document Type: Review

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