Managing acutely ill substance-abusing patients in an integrated day hospital outpatient program: Medical therapies, complications, and overall treatment outcomes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 570-576

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a   Conde Martel, Alicia ^b   Young, J Hunter ^c   Price, Jennifer ^c   Bigelow, George ^d   Ford, Daniel E ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services delivery; Homeless; Medical complications; Substance abuse; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ABSCESS; ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; WOUND CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744471137     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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