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List of works by Jennifer R Mertens

A qualitative study of the adoption of buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Addiction Treatment Ultimatums and U.S. Health Reform: A Case Study

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Adolescents in private chemical dependency programs: who are most at risk for HIV?

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Advising depression patients to reduce alcohol and drug use: factors associated with provider intervention in outpatient psychiatry

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Alcohol SBIRT implementation in adult primary care: physician versus non-physician delivery

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Alcohol and drug treatment involvement, 12-step attendance and abstinence: 9-year cross-lagged analysis of adults in an integrated health plan

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Alcohol brief intervention in primary care: Blood pressure outcomes in hypertensive patients

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Alcohol consumption, life context, and coping predict mortality among late-middle-aged drinkers and former drinkers

scientific article published in April 1996

CA7-04: Costs of Care for Persons with Opioid Dependence in Two Integrated Health Systems.

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Comparison of health care needs of child family members of adults with alcohol or drug dependence versus adults with asthma or diabetes

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Continuing Care and Long-Term Substance Use Outcomes in Managed Care: Early Evidence for a Primary Care-Based Model

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Contrasting outcomes of older versus middle-aged and younger adult chemical dependency patients in a managed care program

scientific article published in July 2003

Coping among individuals seeking private chemical dependence treatment: gender differences and impact on length of stay in treatment

scientific article published in August 2002

Costs of care for persons with opioid dependence in commercial integrated health systems

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Diagnostic subgroups and predictors of one-year re-admission among late-middle-aged and older substance abuse patients

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Do 12-step meeting attendance trajectories over 9 years predict abstinence?

scientific article published on December 27, 2011

Does age at first treatment episode make a difference in outcomes over 11 years?

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

Effectiveness of nurse-practitioner-delivered brief motivational intervention for young adult alcohol and drug use in primary care in South Africa: a randomized clinical trial

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Effects of age and life transitions on alcohol and drug treatment outcome over nine years.

scientific article published in May 2012

Effects of managed care on alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment

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Family members of people with alcohol or drug dependence: health problems and medical cost compared to family members of people with diabetes and asthma

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Five-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes of older adults versus middle-aged and younger adults in a managed care program

scientific article published in October 2004

Five-year healthcare utilization and costs among lower-risk drinkers following alcohol treatment

scientific article published on 07 October 2013

Gender differences in treatment outcomes for alcohol dependence among older adults.

scientific article published in September 2004

Hazardous drinkers and drug users in HMO primary care: prevalence, medical conditions, and costs

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Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Improving alcoholism treatment across the spectrum of services

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Individuals receiving addiction treatment: are medical costs of their family members reduced?

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Integrating primary medical care with addiction treatment: a randomized controlled trial

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Medical Conditions of Hazardous Drinkers and Drug Users in Primary Care Clinics in Cape Town, South Africa

scientific article published on October 1, 2009

Medical and psychiatric conditions of alcohol and drug treatment patients in an HMO: comparison with matched controls

scientific article published in November 2003

Medical conditions of adolescents in alcohol and drug treatment: comparison with matched controls

scientific article published on 29 November 2006

Methadone, buprenorphine and preferences for opioid agonist treatment: A qualitative analysis

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Mortality rates and predictors of mortality among late-middle-aged and older substance abuse patients

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PS1-20: Integrating Alcohol and Drug Use Screening for Adolescents into Mental Health Settings: Rationale, Missed Opportunities and Outcomes.

scientific article published in September 2013

Patient and System Characteristics Associated with Performance on the HEDIS Measures of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Initiation and Engagement

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Patterns of diagnoses, comorbidities, and treatment in late-middle-aged and older affective disorder patients: comparison of mental health and medical sectors

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Patterns of diagnosis and treatment among late-middle-aged and older substance abuse patients

scientific article published on 01 July 1993

Personal and environmental risk factors as predictors of alcohol use, depression, and treatment-seeking: a longitudinal analysis of late-life problem drinkers

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Physician versus non-physician delivery of alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in adult primary care: the ADVISe cluster randomized controlled implementation trial

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Posttreatment Low‐Risk Drinking as a Predictor of Future Drinking and Problem Outcomes Among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders

scientific article published on July 24, 2012

Predictors of substance abuse treatment retention among women and men in an HMO.

scientific article published in October 2000

Prevalence and correlates of substance use among South African primary care clinic patients

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Proceedings of the 14th annual conference of INEBRIA: New York, NY, USA, September 14–15, 2017.

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

Program characteristics and readmission among older substance abuse patients: comparisons with middle-aged and younger patients

scientific article published in January 1995

Rates and predictors of four-year readmission among late-middle-aged and older substance abuse patients.

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Readmission among chemical dependency patients in private, outpatient treatment: patterns, correlates and role in long-term outcome.

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Relationship between use of psychiatric services and five-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes

scientific article published in February 2005

Screening and brief intervention for substance misuse: Does it reduce aggression and HIV-related risk behaviours?

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Services integration and cost-effectiveness

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Short-term alcohol and drug treatment outcomes predict long-term outcome

scientific article published in September 2003

Significant life events and their impact on alcohol and drug use: a qualitative study

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Stopping smoking during first year of substance use treatment predicted 9-year alcohol and drug treatment outcomes.

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Stress, substance use and sexual risk behaviors among primary care patients in Cape Town, South Africa

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Ten-year stability of remission in private alcohol and drug outpatient treatment: Non-problem users versus abstainers

scientific article published on April 26, 2012

The excess medical cost and health problems of family members of persons diagnosed with alcohol or drug problems

scientific article published in February 2007

The role of continuing care in 9-year cost trajectories of patients with intakes into an outpatient alcohol and drug treatment program

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The role of medical conditions and primary care services in 5-year substance use outcomes among chemical dependency treatment patients

scientific article published on 20 June 2008

The time is now: missed opportunities to address patient needs in community clinics in Cape Town, South Africa

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Trajectories of remission and mortality over 13 years after intake to substance use treatment

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for individuals with prior substance use disorders

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Utilization and cost impact of integrating substance abuse treatment and primary care

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