A systems approach to care pathways into in-patient alcohol detoxification: Outcomes from a retrospective study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-34

  Ryan, Tony ^a   Webb, Lucy ^b   Meier, Petra S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Service development; System approaches; Targeting need; Treatment access; Treatment completion; Whole systems

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DATA BASE; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748129958     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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