Accessibility of addiction treatment: Results from a national survey of outpatient substance abuse treatment organizations

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 887-903

  Friedmann, Peter D ^a   Lemon, Stephenie C ^b   Stein, Michael D ^c   D'Aunno, Thomas A ^d  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Managed care programs; Medically uninsured; Methadone; Poverty; Refusal to treat; Substance abuse treatment centers; Substance related disorders; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MANAGED CARE; METHADONE TREATMENT; ORGANIZATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0037607483     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00151     Document Type: Article

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