Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 291-296 , April 2005

Length of outpatient addiction treatment and risk of rehospitalization

  • Anders Romelsjö, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 816 4124; fax: +46 867 47686
  • ,
  • Tom Palmstierna, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm Addiction Centre, Magnus Huss Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, 17176 Stockholm
    • Karolinska Institutet, Neurotec Department, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Stockholm, Sweden
  • ,
  • Helen Hansagi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm Addiction Centre, Magnus Huss Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, 17176 Stockholm
    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
  • ,
  • Anders Leifman, M.S.E.

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm Addiction Centre, Magnus Huss Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, 17176 Stockholm
    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences

Received 18 October 2003 ,Revised 21 June 2004 ,Accepted 1 December 2004.

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PII: S0740-5472(04)00164-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.12.010

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 291-296 , April 2005