Improving the quality of VA care for patients with substance-use disorders: The Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) substance abuse module

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Finney, John W ^a,c   Willenbring, Mark L ^b   Moos, Rudolf H ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practices; Quality of care; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0034203943     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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