Assessing health service satisfaction among users with substance use disorders within the municipalities in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to assess what is associated with health service satisfaction among adults with a substance use disorder receiving services provided within different municipalities in Norway. An additional aim was to examine demographic and municipality characteristics, mental health, and types of substance use associated with health service satisfaction.

Method

A cross-sectional partial explorative study was executed in 2017 among 491 service users with substance use disorders from 20 randomly selected municipalities. The sample consisted of 70% males. The sample majority were single and unemployed, and their main sources of healthcare were the general practitioner (78%), The Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (72%), and addiction counsellor

SUBMITTER: Stallvik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501295 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature