Short-term alcohol and drug treatment outcomes predict long-term outcome

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-294

  Weisner, Constance ^a,b   Ray, G Thomas ^b   Mertens, Jennifer R ^b   Satre, Derek D ^a,b   Moore, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and drug treatment; Continuing care; Long term outcomes; Managed care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542397049     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(03)00167-4     Document Type: Article

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