Women-centered drug treatment services and need in the United States, 2002-2009

M. Terplan, N. Longinaker and L. Appel

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 11, e50-e54

Abstract: Objectives. We examined options and need for women-centered substance use disorder treatment in the United States between 2002 and 2009. Methods. We obtained characteristics of facilities from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services and treatment need data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. We also examined differences in provision of women-centered programs by urbanization level in data from the National Center for Health Statistics 2006 Rural-Urban County Continuum. Results. Of the 13 000 facilities surveyed annually, the proportion offering women-centered services declined from 43% in 2002 to 40% in 2009 (P

Keywords: child; child care; demography; drug dependence treatment; economics; family therapy; female; health care delivery; health service; human; medicaid; mental health service; organization and management; partner violence; statistics and numerical data; Substance-Related Disorders; traffic and transport; United States; women's health, Child; Child Care; Family Therapy; Female; Health Services Accessibility; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Medicaid; Mental Health Services; Residence Characteristics; Spouse Abuse; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; Substance-Related Disorders; Transportation; United States; Women's Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302821

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