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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2004 Aug;99(8):962–972. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00772.x

Table 1.

Descriptions and distributions of service need, receipt and need–service matching variables (n and percentage of 3255).

Service neededa
Service not neededa
Domain of service need Description Service received (need matched)c Service not received Service receiveda,b Service not receiveda,b
Medical Treatment for any medical problems 1332
40.9%
736
22.6%
683
21.0%
504
15.5%
Mental health Treatment for emotions, nerves or mental health problems 683
21.0%
1382
42.3%
159
4.9%
1031
31.7%
Family Treatment or counseling for family problems (other than problems raising children) 830
25.5%
1478
45.4%
246
7.6%
700
21.5%
Vocational Counseling for employment problems, such as problems finding or keeping a job, or getting along with co-workers 327
10.0%
1670
51.4%
129
4.0%
1127
34.6%
Housing Help with housing problems such as finding or keeping a place to live 434
13.3%
1616
49.4%
85
2.6%
1129
34.7%
Mean number of services 1.11 2.11 0.40 1.38
a

Service need based on patient rating of service as ‘somewhat or very important’ or not in baseline interview.

b

Service receipt based on self-reported service receipt during the treatment episode in treatment discharge interview.

c

Need and service matched, based on both service need and service receipt during the treatment episode.