Treatment participation and outcome among problem drinkers in a managed care alcohol outpatient treatment program

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Hu, Teh Wei ^a,b   Hunkeler, Enid M ^a   Weisner, Constance ^a,b,c   Li, Elizabeth ^a   Grayson, Devin Kalile ^a   Westphal, James ^d   McLellan, A Thomas ^e  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 3042937488     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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