Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

want to quit.* 97 Another study found that between eight and 16 percent of people who had been assessed but had not entered trea ...

One survey of New York City residents found that 39 percent said that ‘‘Most people think less of a person who smokes” and 21 pe ...

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Privacy concerns are particularly acute in rural populations where patients may fear a lack of anonymity due to relatively small ...

addiction is because of insufficient available and affordable treatment services.^141 Treatment providers see this as a barrier ...

Patients who do meet eligibility criteria and are ready to enter treatment often face a long wait for services--according to som ...

to use NRT in a cessation attempt (30 percent vs. 49 percent).^170 Legal Barriers............................................... ...

Pregnant and Parenting Women................................................................................. Barriers to treatm ...

to the treatment needs of adolescents with addiction.^201 Yet, effective evidence-based treatment approaches for adolescents do ...

services can be extremely limited.^219 However, even with greater motivation and better access to treatment, the environment in ...

to an urban county.^237 In 2010, 8.9 million rural residents had no access to inter-city public transportation,^238 posing a sig ...

Chapter VIII The Spending Gap Despite the evidence that risky substance use can be identified and reduced through screening and ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) supports the ideal that all patients have “a basic right to available, adequate health ca ...

health care costs compared to families with similar demographic characteristics who do not have a member with an addiction diagn ...

almost no other disease is held to this standard.^37 However, if cost-effectiveness were an essential factor in determining whic ...

to prevent coronary heart disease,* 48 $191,635 per year for diet/exercise to prevent diabetes in high-risk adults† and $30,619 ...

Addiction Treatment and Disease Management ........................................................ Persons with untreated addic ...

with addiction* receiving general assistance welfare.^69 A more recent analysis in Washington State of the return on investment ...

treatment* to pregnant illicit drug users and calculated an average net savings of $4,644 per mother/infant pair.^77 An examinat ...

 Medicaid managed care plans* 87 and benchmark/benchmark-equivalent plans† that provide mental health/addiction benefits; and  ...