The effect of treatment completion and length of stay on employment and crime in outpatient drug-free treatment

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-271

  Zarkin, Gary A ^a   Dunlap, Laura J ^a   Bray, Jeremy W ^a   Wechsberg, Wendee M ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Employment; Length of stay; Substance abuse; Treatment completion

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036911336     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(02)00273-8     Document Type: Article

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