Evaluating racial disparity in referral source and successful completion of substance abuse treatment

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-29

  Sahker, Ethan ^a   Toussaint, Maisha N ^a   Ramirez, Marizen ^a   Ali, Saba R ^a   Arndt, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparity; Race; Referral source; Substance abuse; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928594425     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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