title: [Requirements of a regional medical service for drug addicted patients].
abstract: Modern services for persons with disorders resulting from psychoactive drug abuse must conform to the complexity of their needs. Low threshold access, standards for the prescription of opiates, out-patient, in-patient and day-hospital detoxification, rehabilitation and abstinence oriented strategies are fundamental prerequisites. The quality of services for drug dependent patients is defined by the percentage finding access to the service, the percentage of those continuing in the service, the easy and rapid transition between the different elements of the service, the degree of abstinence, decriminalization, physical comorbidity and mortality. Finally the cost of treated and untreated drug dependence should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Suchtmedizinische Ambulanz, Bezirkskrankenhaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany. martin.schmidt@bkh-kaufbeuren.de
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Michael V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Cranach
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D015897:Comorbidity; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs