Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 173-179 , March 2008

Does following research-derived practice guidelines improve opiate-dependent patients' outcomes under everyday practice conditions? Results of the Multisite Opiate Substitution Treatment study

  • Keith Humphreys, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs and Stanford University Medical Centers, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5717, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5717, USA. Tel.: +1 650 617 2746; fax: +1 650 617 2736.
    • ,
  • Jodie A. Trafton, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs and Stanford University Medical Centers, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5717, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth M. Oliva, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs and Stanford University Medical Centers, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    • Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0344, USA

Received 30 October 2006 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 4 March 2007.

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PII: S0740-5472(07)00084-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.03.001

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 173-179 , March 2008

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