How the states stack up: Disparities in substance abuse outpatient treatment completion rates for minorities

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-554

  Arndt, Stephan ^a,b   Acion, Laura ^b   White, Kristin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health policy; Racial disparity; State government; Treatment completion; Treatment Episode Datasets Discharge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; RACIAL DISPARITY; STATE GOVERNMENT; TREATMENT COMPLETION; TREATMENT EPISODE DATASETS-DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883555178     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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