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Evaluation and Program Planning
Research on evaluation and program planning discussed by scientists at Boston University
April 26th, 2008
"This study examined patterns of treatment entry by Puerto Rican, Central American, Dominican, and other Latino male injection drug users (IDUs) in the state of Massachusetts over the time period 1996-2002. Specifically, it explored whether these populations had different patterns relative to three paths: entry into detoxification only, entry into residential treatment, or entry into methadone maintenance," scientists in the United States report. "Using a state-level MIS dataset on all substance abuse treatment entries to all licensed treatment programs, bi-variate and logistic regression methods were employed to examine patterns of drug treatment utilization among...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-26)
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