Comprehensive drug programs: the Dade County example

The authors present data from a survey of four methadone maintenance programs, five outpatient clinics, six nonresidential facilities, and nine therapeutic communities affiliated with the Dade County Comprehensive Drug Program. The treatment population included more blacks but fewer Latins than the...

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Published inThe American journal of psychiatry Vol. 132; no. 7; p. 734
Main Authors Weppner, R S, McBride, D C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.1975
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Ambulatory Care
Attitude to Health
Child
Comprehensive Health Care
Costs and Cost Analysis
Counseling
Delivery of Health Care
Female
Florida
Forensic Psychiatry
Humans
Male
Methadone - therapeutic use
Motivation
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Referral and Consultation
Residential Facilities
Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Therapeutic Community
Florida
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Summary:The authors present data from a survey of four methadone maintenance programs, five outpatient clinics, six nonresidential facilities, and nine therapeutic communities affiliated with the Dade County Comprehensive Drug Program. The treatment population included more blacks but fewer Latins than the general county population. Primary drugs of abuse were narcotics in methadone clinics and "softer" drugs in outpatient and nonresidential facilities. Most patients were either self- or court referrals. Direct per patient costs, which were lowest in the outpatient clinics, averaged $1,041. The authors suggest that their data may aid other comprehensive drug treatment programs in establishing guidelines.
ISSN:0002-953X
DOI:10.1176/ajp.132.7.734