Drug use and barriers to use of health care services

Clyde B. McCoy; Lisa R. Metsch; Dale D. Chitwood; Christine Miles

doi:10.1081/JA-100104091

Drug use and barriers to use of health care services

Clyde B. McCoy, Lisa R. Metsch, Dale D. Chitwood, Christine Miles

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This paper examines barriers to health care utilization and the correlates associated with these barriers. As part of a larger study of health services utilization, the study sample of 1085 including injection drug users, other chronic users of heroin or cocaine, and a demographically similar group who had used neither heroin nor cocaine, was selected based on the criterion of not having received health care for at least one health problem within the previous 12 months. Both Categories of chronic drug users were more likely than non-users not to want health care treatment and to put off seeking needed health care.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	789-804
Number of pages	16
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	36
Issue number	6-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1081/JA-100104091
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Barriers
Drug use
Health services

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Psychology(all)

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