@article {1203, title = {The impact of needle exchange-based health services on emergency department use.}, journal = {Journal of general internal medicine}, volume = {17}, year = {2002}, month = {2002 May}, pages = {341-8}, abstract = {To examine the impact of the New Haven Community Health Care Van (CHCV), a mobile needle exchange-based health care delivery system, in reducing emergency department (ED) use among out-of-treatment injection drug users (IDUs) between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1998.}, keywords = {Connecticut, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Mobile Health Units, Needle-Exchange Programs, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Time Factors}, issn = {0884-8734}, doi = {10.1007/s11904-011-0095-3}, author = {Pollack, Harold A and Khoshnood, Kaveh and Blankenship, Kim M and Altice, Frederick L} }