Health care utilization among young adult injection drug users in Harlem, New York

Journal of Substance Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-27

  Cronquist, Alicia ^a   Edwards, Vincent ^b   Galea, Sandro ^b   Latka, Mary ^b   Vlahov, David ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug treatment; Health care utilization; Health insurance; Injection drug use; Needle exchange programs

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NEW YORK CITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0035225839     PISSN: 08993289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3289(01)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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