title: Days to treatment and early retention among patients in treatment for alcohol and drug disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Drug and alcohol treatment programs often have long delays between assessment and treatment admission. The study examined the impact of days to treatment admission on the probability of completing four sessions of care within an addiction treatment program implementing improvements in their admission process.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to test the effect of wait time on retention in care.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings demonstrate a strong decrement in the probability of completing four sessions of treatment with increasing time between the clinical assessment and first treatment session.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States. Electronic address: hoffmaki@ohsu.edu.
authors.forename: Kim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States. Electronic address: jay.ford@chess.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States. Electronic address: tillotso@ohsu.edu.
authors.forename: Carrie J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tillotson
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States. Electronic address: choid@ohsu.edu.
authors.forename: Dongseok
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States. Electronic address: mccartyd@ohsu.edu.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCarty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013997:Time Factors