Measurement of gender-sensitive treatment for women in mixed-gender substance abuse treatment programs

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 160-166

  Tang, Zhiqun ^a   Claus, Ronald E ^a   Orwin, Robert G ^a   Kissin, Wendy B ^a   Arieira, Carlos ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender sensitivity; Mixed gender; Rasch modeling; Short term residential (STR); Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF TRAINING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN;

EID: 84861225673     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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