The Impact of Needle Exchange–based Health Services on Emergency Department Use
Pollack HA, Khoshnood K, Blankenship KM, Altice FL. The Impact of Needle Exchange–based Health Services on Emergency Department Use. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2002, 17: 341-348. PMID: 12047730, PMCID: PMC1495047, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.10663.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersTreatment injection drug usersEmergency department useIncidence rate ratiosED utilizationED useDepartment useDrug usersHigh-risk injection drug usersHIV-negative injection drug usersMobile health clinicHealth care delivery systemHealth care servicesCare delivery systemHIV/AIDSPre-post comparisonAcute careEmergency departmentSubgroup analysisMedical recordsHealth clinicsLongitudinal cohortDrug treatmentED servicesBinomial regression analysisThe impact of needle exchange-based health services on emergency department use
Pollack H, Khoshnood K, Blankenship K, Altice F. The impact of needle exchange-based health services on emergency department use. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2002, 17: 341-348. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-002-0037-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInjection drug usersTreatment injection drug usersEmergency department useIncidence rate ratiosED utilizationED useDepartment useDrug usersHigh-risk injection drug usersHIV-negative injection drug usersMobile health clinicHealth care delivery systemHealth care servicesCare delivery systemHIV/AIDSPre-post comparisonAcute careEmergency departmentSubgroup analysisMedical recordsHealth clinicsLongitudinal cohortDrug treatmentED servicesBinomial regression analysis