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Under-utilisation of addiction treatment services by heroin users from ethnic minorities : results from a cohort study over four years
(Sous-utilisation des services de traitement des addictions par les usagers d'héroïne issus de minorités ethniques : résultats d'une étude conduite durant quatre ans)
Auteur(s) :
VERDURMEN, J. E. E. ;
SMIT, F. ;
TOET J. ;
VAN DRIEL H. F. ;
VAN AMEIJDEN, E. J. C.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
285-298
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
41
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
ACCES AUX SOINS
;
METHADONE
;
OBSERVANCE DU TRAITEMENT
;
MINORITE
;
ETHNIE
;
PROGRAMME
;
TRAITEMENT AMBULATOIRE
;
TRAITEMENT RESIDENTIEL
Note générale :
Addiction Research and Theory, 2004, 12, (3), 285-298
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In this study the hypotheses were tested that retention rates, days spent in methadone treatment and upward mobility to outpatient and inpatient treatment modalities for heroin-dependent people in a methadone programme are lower for clients from ethnic minorities as compared with the clients from the ethnic majority (Dutch). Anonymous data for 742 heroin-dependent people who entered methadone treatment in 1996 were extracted from a psychiatric case register. Their health service utilisation was analysed over a period of four years. Results show that ethnic minorities are under-represented in the methadone programme. They also spent fewer days in the methadone programme. No differences were found between ethnic minorities and the Dutch clients in their use of outpatient treatment. However, people of Moroccan and Turkish descent were under-represented in inpatient treatment. This is of concern because fewer days in treatment predict less than optimal treatment outcomes. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
VERDURMEN J., Trimbos Instit. (Netherlands Instit. Mental Health Addiction)- , PO Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht ; JVerdurmen@trimbos.nl
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.