Measuring met and unmet need of drug misusers: Integration of quantitative and qualitative data

European Addiction Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-103

  Fountain, Jane ^a   Strang, John ^a   Griffiths, Paul ^a   Powis, Beverly ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combination methodology; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 0033909365     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019017     Document Type: Article

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