Harlem service provider's perceptions of the impact of municipal policies on their clients with substance use problems

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-231

  Van Olphen, Juliana ^b   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug treatment access; Program eligibility; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADDICTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PRISONER; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POLICE; PRISONERS; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042535828     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth109     Document Type: Article

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