Chronic care management for dependence on alcohol and other drugs: the AHEAD randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People with substance dependence have health consequences, high health care utilization, and frequent comorbidity but often receive poor-quality care. Chronic care management (CCM) has been proposed as an approach to improve care and outcomes.

Objective

To determine whether CCM for alcohol and other drug dependence improves substance use outcomes compared with usual primary care.

Design, setting, and participants

The AHEAD study, a randomized trial conducted among 563 people with alcohol and other drug dependence at a Boston, Massachusetts, hospital-based primary care practice. Participants were recruited from September 2006 to September 2008 from a freestanding residential detoxification unit and referrals from an urban teaching hospital and advertisements

SUBMITTER: Saitz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902022 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature