Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , January 2005

Practice variation and length of stay in alcohol and drug detoxification centers

  • Jeffrey N. Jonkman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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  • Dennis McCarty, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dept. of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, CB669, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA. Tel.: +1 503 494 1177; fax: +1 503 494 4981
    • ,
  • Henrick J. Harwood

      Affiliations

    • The Lewin Group Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
    • ,
  • Sharon-Lise Normand, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • Yael Caspi, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Rambam Medical Center, Psychiatric Division, Outpatient Clinic, Ministry of Defense Project, Haifa 31096, Israel

Received 29 December 2003 ,Revised 9 July 2004 ,Accepted 24 September 2004.

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PII: S0740-5472(04)00122-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.10.002

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , January 2005

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