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Inpatient versus Outpatient Treatment of Substance Misuse in Hospitals, 1975–1980

Philip L. Knowles

SUMMARY. A statistical analysis of American hospitals that responded to annual surveys in 1975-1980 shows decreasing inpatient and increasing outpatient services for alcoholism and other chemical dependence.