Process improvement needs in substance abuse treatment: Admissions walk-through results

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-389

  Ford II, James H ^a   Green, Carla A ^b,c   Hoffman, Kim A ^c   Wisdom, Jennifer P ^c   Riley, Katherine J ^c   Bergmann, Luke ^c   Molfenter, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Admissions; Process improvement; Retention in care; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 35748962921     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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