Women's programs versus mixed-gender day treatment: Results from a randomized study

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-69

  Kaskutas, Lee Ann ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^a   French, Michael T ^a   Witbrodt, Jane ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Gender differences; Outcomes; Special populations; Substance abuse; Women; Women only programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 12744254923     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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