title: Outpatient care participation and six-month status: results with an inner city impoverished alcoholic veterans population.
abstract: One hundred and thirty-seven impoverished, inner city, predominately Black alcoholic veterans were divided into four groups based on the frequency of their attendance at an outpatient clinic. They were assessed 6 months after their joining the clinic. In general, many variables reflecting lessened alcohol consumption were connected with greater amounts of clinic attendance. In most instances a month or more of attendance at the clinic appeared necessary before the positive changes started to occur.
authors.affiliation: West Side VAMC, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Verinis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foreman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002641:Chicago; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population