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Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2008;27(4):10.1080/10550880802324382. doi: 10.1080/10550880802324382

TABLE 1.

Comparison in Staff Characteristics Between Tel-Aviv and Las Vegas Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinics

		Tel-Aviv		Las Vegas

Director Medical Director	n	Administrator, Psychiatric Part time (%)	n	Nurse Addiction Medicine Part time (%)
Addiction medicine (internal medicine)	3	180		35 + 20^§
Psychiatric	2	25 + 20^‡
Nurses	5	310	2	200 (including Director)
Urine taking	1	100
Social worker	5	450
Clinical criminologists	2	140
Drug and alcohol counselors			3	300
Reception	2	200	1	100
Security	3	300	1	100

^‡

Medical Director in Tel-Aviv (3 times/week, 8 hours/week).

^§

Medical Director in Las Vegas.