A multilevel decomposition approach to estimate the role of program location and neighborhood disadvantage in racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-476

  Jacobson, Jerry Owen ^a   Robinson, Paul ^a   Bluthenthal, Ricky N ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Decomposition; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhood disadvantage; Racial disparities; Treatment completion; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL DISPARITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL DECOMPOSITION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845433881     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.032     Document Type: Article

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