Follow-up contact bias in evaluation of substance abuse treatment programs

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-212

  Rohrer, James E ^a   Vaughan, Mary S ^a   Cadoret, Remi ^a   Zwick, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032954508     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021314714186     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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