Medical service use and financial charges among opioid users at a public hospital

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-50

  Masson, Carmen L ^a   Sorensen, James L ^a   Batki, Steven L ^b   Okin, Robert ^a   Delucchi, Kevin L ^a   Perlman, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Hospitalization; Medical services; Opioid users; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SAN FRANCISCO; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036499173     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(01)00182-X     Document Type: Article

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