Five-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes of older adults versus middle-aged and younger adults in a managed care program

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1286-1297

  Satre, Derek D ^a,b   Mertens, Jennifer R ^b,c   Areán, Patricia A ^a   Weisner, Constance ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol and drug treatment; Alcoholics Anonymous; Long term outcomes; Managed care; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4944239611     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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