A qualitative study of referring agents' perceptions of access barriers to inpatient substance abuse treatment centres in the Western Cape
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- 作者：Deborah Isobell ; Kamal Kamaloodien ; Shazly Savahl
- 关键词：Substance abuse ; Perceptions ; Treatment ; Barriers to treatment ; Access ; Inpatient treatment ; Substance abuse treatment centres ; Referral system ; Referral agents
- 刊名：Harm Reduction Journal
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：12
- 期：1
- 全文大小：488 KB
- 刊物主题：Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Social Policy; Social Work; Health Psychology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1477-7517
文摘
Background Despite empirical support for the individual and public health benefits of treating substance use disorders (SUDs) , access to these services is impeded by several barriers. Although many studies on access barriers have been put forward in the literature, few have explored the barriers to accessing state-funded inpatient substance abuse treatment or the views of referral agents.