Availability of medical care services in drug treatment clinics associated with lower repeated emergency department use

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 985-995

  Laine, Christine ^a   Lin, Yi Ting ^b   Hauck, Walter W ^a   Turner, Barbara J ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Ambulatory care; Chronic disease; Delivery of health care; Emergency medical services; HIV infection; Medicaid; Methadone; Preventive health services; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 26644461913     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000178198.79329.89     Document Type: Article

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