title: Relationship between treatment facilities and prevalence of alcoholism and drug abuse.
abstract: Data are presented which suggest that, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the availability of treatment of drug abuse and alcoholism is inversely related to the prevalence of the problems. It is hypothesized that as the treatment response to one increases, the treatment response to the other declines. Some of the possible causes and consequences are outlined.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012424:Rural Population; D012922:Social Change; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014505:Urban Population