12-Step participation reduces medical use costs among adolescents with a history of alcohol and other drug treatment

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 124-130

  Mundt, Marlon P ^a   Parthasarathy, Sujaya ^b   Chi, Felicia W ^b   Sterling, Stacy ^b   Campbell, Cynthia I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

12 Step; Adolescent; Alcohol; Cost; Health care utilization; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

12 STEP PARTICIPATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG TREATMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84867887931     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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