Missed opportunities: Fewer service referrals after positive alcohol misuse screens in VA primary care

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-312

  Maust, Donovan T ^a   Mavandadi, Shahrzad ^b   Klaus, Johanna ^b   Oslin, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 79953048473     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.3.pss6203_0310     Document Type: Article

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