Inequitable access to substance abuse treatment services in Cape Town, South Africa

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Myers, Bronwyn J ^a,b   Louw, Johann ^b   Pasche, Sonja C ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149417024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-28     Document Type: Article

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