The severity index: An indicator of alcohol and drug dependence using administrative data

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 49-64

  Caspi, Yael ^a   Turner, Winston M ^b   Panas, Lee ^c   McCarty, Dennis ^a   Gastfriend, David R ^a,c  

^a Health and Addictions Research Inc   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction Severity Index (ASI); Administrative data; Substance abuse severity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035571658     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J020v19n04_03     Document Type: Article

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