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Using the drug abuse screening test (DAST-10) to analyze health services utilization and cost for substance users in a community-based setting
(Utilisation d'un test de dépistage (DAST-10) de l'usage de substances psychoactives pour l'analyse de l'utilisation des services de santé et du coût de traitement des usagers)
Auteur(s) :
FRENCH, M. T. ;
ROEBUCK M. C. ;
MAC GEARY K. A. ;
CHITWOOD, D. D. ;
Mc COY, C. B.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
927-946
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
44
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
DEPISTAGE
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
COUT
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (6/7), 927-946
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The dual purpose of this study was to: (1) determine whether problematic drug users, defined through the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10), exhibited differences in health services utilization and cost relative to a combined group of non-problematic drug users and non-drug users; and (2) assess whether the findings were similar to those for chronic drug users (CDUs) and injecting drug users (IDUs). Results showed that health services utilization and total cost were very similar for problematic drug users defined through quantity-frequency (i.e., CDU, IDU) and diagnostic (i.e., DAST-10) criteria. Findings suggest that quantity/frequency criteria for problematic drug use were reasonable approximations for diagnostic-based measures. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Univ. Miami Sch. Med., Dept. Epidemiol. Public Hlth, 1801 NW 9th av., Miami, FL 33136. E-mail : mfrench@miami.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.