Racial-ethnic differences in referral source, diagnosis, and length of stay in inpatient substance abuse treatment

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 612-615

  Delphin Rittmon, Miriam ^a   Andres Hyman, Raquel ^b   Flanagan, Elizabeth H ^a   Ortiz, Jose ^c   Amer, Mona M ^d   Davidson, Larry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System   (United States)

^c HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84861905751     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100322     Document Type: Article

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