Health care need and utilization: A preliminary comparison of injection drug users, other illicit drug users, and nonusers

Citation
Dd. Chitwood et al., Health care need and utilization: A preliminary comparison of injection drug users, other illicit drug users, and nonusers, SUBST USE M, 34(4-5), 1999, pp. 727-746
Citations number
40
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Public Health & Health Care Science","Clinical Psycology & Psychiatry
Journal title
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
ISSN journal
1082-6084 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
727 - 746
Database
ISI
SICI code
1082-6084(1999)34:4-5<727:HCNAUA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between chronic drug use and the h ealth care system. Data from 536 African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispan ic White men and women were analyzed to determine independent risk factors for three outcome variables: 1) Need for health care treatment, 2) Utilizat ion of health care treatment, and 3) Failure to receive needed treatment. N ine independent demographic, health, and drug-use history variables were as sessed in logistic regression models. Chronic drug users were more likely i n the past year to need health care treatment, were as likely to receive so me health care treatment, and were more likely not to receive needed treatm ent than were nonusers.