Candidate performance measures for screening for, assessing, and treating unhealthy substance use in hospitals: Advocacy or evidence-based practice?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-43

  Saitz, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

COUNSELING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955287723     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-1-201007060-00008     Document Type: Review

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