Short-term outcomes in patients attending a primary care-based addiction shared care program

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Kahan, Meldon ^a,b   Wilson, Lynn ^a,b   Midmer, Deana ^b   Ordean, Alice ^a,b   Lim, HeeYung ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449109874     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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