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Intervention attendance among emergency department patients with alcohol- and drug-use disorders.

Blow FC, Walton MA, Murray R, Cunningham RM, Chermack ST, Barry KL, Ilgen MA, Booth BM. Intervention attendance among emergency department patients with alcohol- and drug-use disorders. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2010 Sep 1; 71(5):713-9.

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Abstract:

The present findings highlight the relative importance of assessing and attending to readiness to change as well as demographic factors such as insurance and employment (and potentially associated barriers) in ED-based screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment protocols.





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