Sobriety as an admission criterion for transitional housing: A multi-site comparison of programs with a sobriety requirement to programs with no sobriety requirement

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,c   Kasprow, Wesley J ^b,d   McGuire, James F ^d,e  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^e VHA Veterans Justice Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission criteria; Homeless persons; Substance abuse; Supported housing; Transitional housing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOBRIETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERANS HEALTH;

COMORBIDITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84866350737     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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