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December 9, 2005 | Program Result
Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., evaluated the reasons why naltrexone (a medication-based treatment for alcohol abuse and dependence and opiate addiction) is not widely used by physicians and practitioners.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
During 2002 and 2003, the Neighborhood Health Clinic in Naples, Fla. created a new state-of-the-art Medication Room to improve the delivery of medications to its 12,000 clients.
January 1, 1997 | Program Result
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at Harvard Medical School collected a comprehensive cross-section of data on state Medicaid pharmaceutical programs and various models of cost-containment. They also investigated the impacts of five cost-containment methods.
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Treatment Research Institute compared the therapeutic practices of office-based clinicians who treat patients with substance use disorders to those of clinicians in an outpatient program at a community clinic.
January 1, 2005 | Commentary
Previous research has demonstrated that individuals who are severely addicted to cigarettes may have more difficulty quitting, higher rates of relapse and greater risk of smoking-related diseases than lighter smokers. The effectiveness of current to ...
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Pharmacotherapies for smoking reduction and cessation can play a vital role in helping individuals quit smoking. This article summarizes the current rates of smoking and smoking-related disease in the United States, outlines the projected benefits o ...
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
In 2003 citizens of Canada, the United Kingdom, and France paid an average of 34-59 percent of what Americans paid for a similar market basket of pharmaceuticals. This paper explores some issues surrounding the infamous "doughnut hole" in the new Me ...
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The University of Washington created and evaluated a program in which heroin addicts received methadone maintenance medication and primary care services from a physician based at a medical clinic.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
Investigators at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center created the Center for Professional Health, which provides a program for health professionals who overprescribe painkillers or other controlled drugs.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Oregon Health and Science University studied the impact on clients enrolled in methadone maintenance services in Oregon when the state eliminated funding for their treatment in March 2003.