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A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment III. Examining mechanisms underlying patient-treatment matching hypotheses for 12-step and cognitive-behavioral treatments for substance abuse

scientific article published on March 1999

A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment IV. The effect of comorbid psychiatric diagnoses on amount of treatment, continuing care, and 1-year outcomes

scientific article published on March 1999

A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment: I. Treatment orientation, amount of care, and 1-year outcomes

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A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment: II. Linking proximal outcomes of 12-step and cognitive-behavioral treatment to substance use outcomes

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A comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment: V. Substance abuse treatment can enhance the effectiveness of self-help groups

scientific article published on March 1999

A comparative, process-effectiveness evaluation of VA substance abuse treatment

scientific article published in January 2001

A meta-analysis of topiramate's effects for individuals with alcohol use disorders.

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A practical system for monitoring the outcomes of substance use disorder patients.

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A survey of PTSD screening and referral practices in VA addiction treatment programs

scientific article published in June 2005

Alcoholics Anonymous attendance, decreases in impulsivity and drinking and psychosocial outcomes over 16 years: moderated‐mediation from a developmental perspective

scientific article published on September 21, 2011

An efficient record linkage scheme using graphical analysis for identifier error detection

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Care coordination to increase referrals to smoking cessation telephone counseling: a demonstration project.

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Characterisation of Clostridium difficile hospital ward-based transmission using extensive epidemiological data and molecular typing

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Characteristics and prognoses of alcoholics who become moderate drinkers and abstainers after treatment

scientific article published on 01 January 1981

Chronic PTSD patients' functioning before and after the September 11 attacks

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Commentary on Lopez‐Quintero et al. (2011): Remission and relapse – the Yin‐Yang of addictive disorders

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Consistency of self-administered and interview-based Addiction Severity Index composite scores

scientific article published in March 2000

Coping, symptoms, and functioning outcomes of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

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Cross-Level Bias and Variations in Care

scientific article published on November 16, 2011

Decline of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Oxfordshire hospitals is strain-specific and preceded infection-control intensification

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Developing and validating process measures of health care quality: an application to alcohol use disorder treatment

scientific article published in December 2009

Distress and pain during pelvic examinations: effect of sexual violence

scientific article published in December 2008

Diverse sources of C. difficile infection identified on whole-genome sequencing

scientific article published on September 2013

Do enhanced friendship networks and active coping mediate the effect of self-help groups on substance abuse?

scientific article published in January 1999

Does meeting the HEDIS substance abuse treatment engagement criterion predict patient outcomes?

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Dual diagnosis patients in substance abuse treatment: relationship of general coping and substance-specific coping to 1-year outcomes

scientific article published in December 1999

During treatment changes in substance abuse patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. The influence of specific interventions and program environments

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Effectiveness of treatment for substance abuse and dependence for dual diagnosis patients: a model of treatment factors associated with one-year outcomes

scientific article published on November 1999

Effects of control interventions on Clostridium difficile infection in England: an observational study

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

End-of-treatment outcomes in cognitive-behavioral treatment and 12-step substance use treatment programs: do they differ and do they predict 1-year outcomes?

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Entering treatment for alcohol abuse: a stress and coping model

scientific article published on September 1, 1995

Environmental assessment and evaluation research: examples from mental health and substance abuse programs.

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Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in infants in Oxfordshire, UK: Risk factors for colonization and carriage, and genetic overlap with regional C. difficile infection strains

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Evaluating and improving VA substance abuse patients' care

scientific article published in January 1999

Evaluating substance abuse treatment process models: I. Changes on proximal outcome variables during 12-step and cognitive-behavioral treatment

scientific article published on July 1, 1998

Evaluating the Productivity of VA, NIH, and AHRQ Health Services Research Career Development Awardees

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Examining the Specification Validity of the HEDIS Quality Measures for Substance Use Disorders

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Excellent Patient Care Processes in Poor Hospitals? Why Hospital-Level and Patient-Level Care Quality-Outcome Relationships Can Differ

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

Extent and reporting of patient nonenrollment in influential randomized clinical trials, 2002 to 2010.

scientific article published on June 2013

Gender differences in help-utilization and the 8-year course of alcohol abuse

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Gender differences in problem drinking and depression: different "vulnerabilities?".

scientific article published on February 1999

Guidelines for the Reporting of Treatment Trials for Alcohol Use Disorders

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HEDIS initiation and engagement quality measures of substance use disorder care: impact of setting and health care specialty.

scientific article published in August 2009

How do components of evidence-based psychological treatment cluster in practice? A survey and cluster analysis

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How effective is continuing care for substance use disorders? A meta-analytic review

scientific article published on 26 September 2013

Implementing evidence-based psychosocial treatment in specialty substance use disorder care

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Improving the quality of VA care for patients with substance-use disorders: the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) substance abuse module

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Increasing burden of community-acquired pneumonia leading to hospitalisation, 1998-2014

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Influence of outpatient treatment and 12-step group involvement on one-year substance abuse treatment outcomes

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Inpatient substance abuse care and the outcome of subsequent community residential and outpatient care

scientific article published on June 2000

Institutional Incentives for Mentoring at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Universities: Associations With Mentors' Perceptions and Time Spent Mentoring

scientific article published on April 2017

Intention-to-treat analyses and missing data approaches in pharmacotherapy trials for alcohol use disorders

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Introduction to a special section on implementing evidence-based interventions for substance use disorders

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Length of stay and program component effects in the treatment of alcoholism: a comparison of two techniques for process analyses

scientific article published on 01 February 1981

Life domains, alcoholics anonymous, and role incumbency in the 3-year course of problem drinking

scientific article published in August 1996

Life stressors and problem drinking among older adults.

scientific article published on January 1984

Long-term outcomes of alcohol use disorders: comparing untreated individuals with those in alcoholics anonymous and formal treatment.

scientific article published on July 2000

Long-term treatment careers and outcomes of previously untreated alcoholics

scientific article published on July 1999

Longer Length of Stay Is Not Associated with Better Outcomes in VHA’s Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Matching clients' treatment goals with treatment oriented towards abstinence, moderation or harm reduction

scientific article published in November 2006

Matching patients with treatments: conceptual and methodological issues

scientific article published on 01 March 1986

Measuring the quality of substance use disorder treatment: evaluating the validity of the Department of Veterans Affairs continuity of care performance measure

scientific article published on 5 October 2008

Meta‐analysis of naltrexone and acamprosate for treating alcohol use disorders: when are these medications most helpful?

scientific article published on October 17, 2012

Methodological issues in estimating main and interactive effects: examples from coping/social support and stress field

scientific article published on 01 March 1984

Mortality risks associated with emergency admissions during weekends and public holidays: an analysis of electronic health records

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New directions in substance abuse services: programmatic innovations in the Veterans Administration

scientific article published in January 1992

Outcome of treatment for alcohol abuse and involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous among previously untreated problem drinkers

scientific article published on January 1994

PTSD treatment and 5-year remission among patients with substance use and posttraumatic stress disorders

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Placebo group improvement in trials of pharmacotherapies for alcohol use disorders: a multivariate meta-analysis examining change over time.

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Posttreatment experiences and treatment outcome of alcoholic patients six months and two years after hospitalization

scientific article published on 01 February 1980

Predictive Validity of Outpatient Follow-up After Detoxification as a Quality Measure

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Predictive validity of a quality measure for intensive substance use disorder treatment

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

Predictive validity of two process-of-care quality measures for residential substance use disorder treatment

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Predictors of 5-year mortality following inpatient/residential group treatment for substance use disorders

scientific article published in August 2005

Predictors of deterioration among patients with substance-use disorders

scientific article published in December 2001

Predictors of first recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection: implications for initial management

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Prevalence and predictors of research participant eligibility criteria in alcohol treatment outcome studies, 1970-98.

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Psychiatric comorbidity, continuing care and mutual help as predictors of five-year remission from substance use disorders.

scientific article published on November 2002

Receipt of cervical cancer screening in female veterans: impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression

scientific article published on May 2013

Recent sexual abuse, physical abuse, and suicide attempts among male veterans seeking psychiatric treatment

scientific article published in January 2006

Recent suicide attempt and the effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient substance use disorder treatment

scientific article published in September 2005

Recommendations for the Design and Analysis of Treatment Trials for Alcohol Use Disorders

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Relationship between bacterial strain type, host biomarkers, and mortality in Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Relationship of treatment orientation and continuing care to remission among substance abuse patients

scientific article published in May 2002

Representativeness of patients enrolled in influential clinical trials: a comparison of substance dependence with other medical disorders.

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Screening psychiatric patients for illicit drug use disorders and problems

scientific article published on 08 September 2007

Self-efficacy, therapeutic alliance, and alcohol-use disorder treatment outcomes.

scientific article published in May 2006

Self-help group participation among substance use disorder patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Sexual violence, posttraumatic stress disorder, and the pelvic examination: how do beliefs about the safety, necessity, and utility of the examination influence patient experiences?

scientific article published on July 2010

Short-term treatment careers and outcomes of previously untreated alcoholics.

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Six- and ten-item indexes of psychological distress based on the Symptom Checklist-90.

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Specialty mental health care improves patients' outcomes: findings from a nationwide program to monitor the quality of care for patients with substance use disorders

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State-level relationships cannot tell us anything about individuals

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Substance abuse treatment programs and processes: Linkages to patients' needs and outcomes

scientific article published on January 1, 1995

Substance use disorder patients who are mandated to treatment: characteristics, treatment process, and 1- and 5-year outcomes

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Surveillance of infection severity: a registry study of laboratory diagnosed Clostridium difficile

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Ten-Year Publication Trajectories of Health Services Research Career Development Award Recipients: Collaboration, Awardee Characteristics, and Productivity Correlates

scientific article published on 11 July 2014

The 8-year course of alcohol abuse: gender differences in social context and coping.

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The Changing Faces of Mentorship: Application of a Developmental Network Framework in a Health Services Research Career Development Program

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

The declining efficacy of naltrexone pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders over time: a multivariate meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 7 February 2013

The drinking problems index: A measure to assess alcohol-related problems among older adults

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

The effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient treatment for alcohol abuse: the need to focus on mediators and moderators of setting effects

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The expanding scope of alcoholism treatment evaluation

scientific article published on October 1, 1983

The long-term course of treated alcoholism: I. Mortality, relapse and remission rates and comparisons with community controls

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

The long-term course of treated alcoholism: II. Predictors and correlates of 10-year functioning and mortality

scientific article published on March 1, 1992

The process of recovery from alcoholism. I. Comparing alcoholic patients and matched community controls

scientific article published on May 1, 1981

The process of recovery from alcoholism. II. Comparing spouses of alcoholic patients and matched community controls

scientific article published on 01 September 1982

The process of treatment selection among previously untreated help-seeking problem drinkers

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Therapeutic alliance and the relationship between motivation and treatment outcomes in patients with alcohol use disorder

scientific article published on 13 July 2006

Treatment and outcome for empirical subtypes of alcoholic patients

scientific article published on February 1, 1979

Treatment setting and baseline substance use severity interact to predict patients' outcomes

scientific article published in March 2007

Twelve-step and cognitive--behavioral treatment for substance abuse: a comparison of treatment effectiveness

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Two pathways out of drinking problems without professional treatment

scientific article published in July 1995

Two-year mental health service use and course of remission in patients with substance use and posttraumatic stress disorders

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Veterans Affairs facility performance on Washington Circle indicators and casemix-adjusted effectiveness

scientific article published on 2 April 2007

What ecologic analyses cannot tell us about medical marijuana legalization and opioid pain medication mortality

scientific article published in April 2015

Why health care process performance measures can have different relationships to outcomes for patients and hospitals: understanding the ecological fallacy.

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