Disability payments, drug use and representative payees: An analysis of the relationships

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 965-975

  Swartz, James A ^a   Hsieh, Chang Ming ^a   Baumohl, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Check effect; Disability; Representative payees; Welfare

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038052868     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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