Prevalence and correlates of specialty substance use disorder treatment for Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System patients with high alcohol consumption

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 150-155

  Glass, Joseph E ^a,b   Perron, Brian E ^b,c   Ilgen, Mark A ^b,d   Chermack, Stephen T ^b,d   Ratliff, Scott ^b   Zivin, Kara ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Alcohol treatment; Epidemiology; Service utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST C; ARTICLE; CHARLSON MEDICAL COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 78049349413     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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