Substance abuse treatment readmission patterns of asian americans: Comparisons with other ethnic groups

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-27

  Yu, Jiang ^a   Warner, Lynn A ^b  

^a New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Ethnicity; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84872017115     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2012.694517     Document Type: Article

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