Care of injection drug users with soft tissue infections in San Francisco, California

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1217-1222

  Harris, Hobart W ^a   Young, David M ^a   Organ Jr , Claude H ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJECTION SITE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL WORK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036847826     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.11.1217     Document Type: Article

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