Weekly patterns of drug treatment attendance

D.S. Svikis, R.W. Pickens, W. Schweitzer, E. Johnson and N. Haug

American Journal of Public Health, 1999, vol. 89, issue 5, 752-755

Abstract: Objectives. This study examined weekly patterns of drug treatment attendance in relation to date of welfare payment receipt and reason for treatment absence. Methods. Treatment attendance by Medicaid-eligible pregnant women who were drug dependent was examined by calendar week over a 29-month period. Results. Time series analyses showed that attendance was lower during week 1 than week 4. Drug use was the most frequently reported reason for treatment absence during week 1 (25%) but was not reported as a reason during week 3. Conclusions. Drug-dependent outpatients had increased absences associated with illicit drug use during the first week of the month when welfare payments were received. The generalizability of the findings is unknown.

Date: 1999
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