Linking alcohol- and drug-dependent adults to primary medical care: A randomized controlled trial of a multi-disciplinary health intervention in a detoxification unit

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-516

  Samet, Jeffrey H ^a,b,d   Larson, Mary Jo ^c   Horton, Nicholas J ^a,b   Doyle, Kathleen ^a   Winter, Michael ^b   Saitz, Richard ^a,b  

^a Section of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Drug abuse; Injection drug user; Linkage; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WORKER; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037394830     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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