Use of emergency room services by out-of-treatment drug users in Long Beach, California

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Reynolds, Grace L ^a   Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Wood, Michele M ^a   Klahn, Jennifer A ^a   Johnson, Mark E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Logistic regression; Out of treatment; Public assistance

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CRACK COCAINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0038221375     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v22n02_01     Document Type: Article

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