2002
A Staging System to Predict Prognosis among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics
Favrat B, Rao S, O'Connor PG, Schottenfeld R. A Staging System to Predict Prognosis among Methadone Maintenance Patients, Based on Admission Characteristics. Substance Abuse 2002, 23: 233-244. PMID: 12438836, DOI: 10.1080/08897070209511496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStaging systemAdverse dischargeOpioid maintenance therapyU.S. general internistsMethadone maintenance patientsMethadone maintenance treatmentMain outcome measuresMethadone maintenance programProportional hazards modelIllicit drug useHistory of diseaseOutset of treatmentPrevious prison termsMaintenance therapyConsecutive patientsEntire cohortMaintenance patientsMaintenance treatmentAdmission characteristicsOutcome measuresGeneral internistsPrognostic studiesStage IIIPatientsStage I
1991
Social and clinical features as predictors of outcome in outpatient alcohol withdrawal
O’Connor P, Gottlieb L, Kraus M, Segal S, Horwitz R. Social and clinical features as predictors of outcome in outpatient alcohol withdrawal. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1991, 6: 312-316. PMID: 1890501, DOI: 10.1007/bf02597427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWithdrawal symptom severityAlcohol withdrawal syndromeTreatment failureSymptom severityOutpatient managementAlcohol withdrawalClinical featuresWithdrawal syndromeOutpatient alcohol treatment programProspective observational cohort studyHigh-risk patientsObservational cohort studyTreatment failure rateMedical insurance statusPredictors of outcomeAlcohol treatment programsLow symptom groupCohort studyDrug therapyInsurance statusClinical trialsPatient featuresSociodemographic featuresPatientsTreatment program