| Title | Persistence of low drug treatment coverage for injection drug users in large US metropolitan areas. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Tempalski, Barbara, Charles M. Cleland, Enrique R. Pouget, Sudip Chatterjee, and Samuel R. Friedman |
| Journal | Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy |
| Volume | 5 |
| Pagination | 23 |
| Date Published | 2010 |
| ISSN | 1747-597X |
| Keywords | Databases, Factual, Humans, Risk Reduction Behavior, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, United States, Urban Population |
| Abstract | Injection drug users (IDUs) are at high risk for HIV, hepatitis, overdose and other harms. Greater drug treatment availability has been shown to reduce these harms among IDUs. Yet, little is known about changes in drug treatment availability for IDUs in the U.S. This paper investigates change in drug treatment coverage for IDUs in 90 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) during 1993-2002. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11606-010-1323-z |
| Alternate Journal | Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy |
