TY  - JOUR
T1  - Treatment for opioid dependence: Quality and access
AU  - Rounsaville BJ, Kosten TR
Y1  - 2000/03/08
N1  - 10.1001/jama.283.10.1337
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1337
EP  - 1339
VL  - 283
IS  - 10
N2  - 
A major priority in US medicine is the need to improve quality and access
while containing costs. Two articles in this issue of THE JOURNAL address
2 important quality and access issues in opioid stabilization treatment: primary
care methadone treatment,1 which can improve
access by broadening the prescriber base, and the abbreviation of methadone
therapy,2 which might improve access by allowing
more patients per year in the available treatment slots. These articles address
2 strategies to enhance quality: directly observed methadone administration
in primary care and intensified counseling in brief methadone treatment.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.283.10.1337
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.283.10.1337
ER  -