Factors identifying high-frequency and low-frequency health service utilization among substance-using adults

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a   Pollini, Robin ^a   Gray, Paulette ^a   Jones, Theodore ^b   Bigelow, George ^a   Ford, Daniel E ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Emergency department care; Health services utilization; Integrated treatment; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BALTIMORE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 35248898889     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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