Establishment of a multidisciplinary Health Evaluation and Linkage to Primary Care (HELP) clinic in a detoxification unit

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 33-45

  Sweeney, Luann P ^a   Samet, Jeffrey H ^b,c   Larson, Mary Jo ^d   Saitz, Richard ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Drug dependence; Integrated care; Linkage; Multidisciplinary team; Primary care

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONSULTATION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TEAMWORK; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 2442651591     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v23n02_03     Document Type: Article

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