Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Episode Completion for Different Substances

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 25-33

  Mennis, Jeremy ^a   Stahler, Gerald J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Disparities; Hispanic; Minority; Outpatient; Treatment completion

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; LONG TERM MEMORY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959146056     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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