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- Citation and Abstract
Randomized Trial of Drug Abuse Treatment-Linkage Strategies.
Sorensen, James L.; Masson, Carmen L.; Delucchi, Kevin; Sporer, Karl; Barnett, Paul G.; Mitsuishi, Fumi; Lin, Christine; Song, Yong; Chen, TeChieh; Hall, Sharon M.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol 73(6), Dec 2005, 1026-1035.
A clinical trial contrasted 2 interventions designed to link opioid-dependent hospital patients to drug abuse treatment. The 126 out-of-treatment participants were randomly assigned to (a) case management, (b) voucher for free methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), (c) case management plus voucher, or (d) usual care. Services were provided for 6 months. MMT enrollment at 3 months was 47% (case management), 89% (voucher), 93% (case management plus voucher), and 11% (usual care); at 6 months enrollment was 48%, 68%, 79%, and 21%, respectively. Case management and vouchers can be valuable in health settings to link substance abusers with medical problems to drug abuse treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
- Digital Object Identifier:
- 10.1037/0022-006X.73.6.1026
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